The Councillor for Health, Almudena Martinez, met last week with the coordinators of the Active Plan and the person responsible for the municipality in charge of tracking, Immaculate Cruz.
During the meeting discussed various issues like the people targeted by this program and procedure for patient referrals, which is involved in both the Health Center and the council, which will eventually create such applications groups.
In Jumilla there were 14 applications, however, it will make a reminder, by the coordinators of the program, at the Centre of Health during the month, led physicians to expand the inclusion of patients in the program.
As he recalled the mayor of Health, this program is aimed at people aged 35 to 65 years, sedentary, and suffer two or more cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, or smoking to which they prescribe physical activity order to improve those conditions.
Following the meeting, visited one of the possible facilities where it could be carried out this activity and is expected to start early this year, to coincide with the first trimester.
Despite the forecast, the start of the activity shall be subject to the number of referrals that are made from the Health Center, through / as physicians, to be the people responsible for this activity prescribe physical therapy.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla