- The Ribera healthcare group's Foundation allocates the funds raised in its donation campaign to the reconstruction of rehabilitation and physiotherapy centres in the municipalities affected by DANA, in collaboration with the Illustrious College of Physiotherapists of the Valencian Community
La Ribera Health Foundation has allocated the funds raised in its donation campaign to the recovery of rehabilitation and physiotherapy health centres in the municipalities affected by the DANA. This fundraising campaign, launched three months ago, aims to rebuild social-healthcare facilities affected by this tragedy, so that they can open and provide service to citizens as soon as possible.
The first funds raised will be donated to 23 rehabilitation centres and physiotherapy clinics in the most affected localities, thanks to the agreement reached with the College of Physiotherapists of the Valencian Community,signed today at the Ribera IMSKE hospital, by the CEO of Ribera and president of the Ribera Salud Foundation, Elisa Tarazona, and by the dean of the College of Physiotherapists, Josep Benítez Martínez. Both entities have focused on the help of clinics and registered professionals, who have endorsed their needs to meet the objective of being able to reopen their centers as soon as possible, to be able to care for the citizens of the affected areas.
Solidarity with those affected will continue in the coming months, both through the collection of donations by the Foundation and through other types of actions to continue helping those affected and contribute to the reconstruction of the local healthcare network.
Ribera Group's aid plan for those affected
In addition to the Ribera Salud Foundation campaign, the health group was involved from the very beginning with those affected by the DANA. In a first phase, basic necessities were collected and groups of volunteers were organized to help in the affected areas. The Human Resources Department facilitated permits and teleworking, and paid days of leave for volunteer work. On the other hand, the hospital IMSKE River, specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, has offered its facilities and equipment to physiotherapists in the affected areas while they recover their clinics or jobs, so that they can continue treating their patients.
ICOFCV, alongside its members
The College of Physiotherapists of the Valencian Community, for its part, was also by the side of its members from the very beginning, allocating 30.000 euros from its own funds. Furthermore, aware of the serious impact that the floods had on the group, the College turned its International Physiotherapy Conference into a charitable opportunity, allocating 50% of the money raised in registrations to the victims, and opened a Solidarity Account, which is still active, to channel donations and continue to provide support to those who need it most. These actions have been joined by the organisation of an Online Charity Congress of Physiotherapy, whose entire proceeds are being allocated to the professionals affected by the catastrophe.
ICOFCV's commitment also materialized in the collection of donations of material, which were distributed directly among the affected members. At the same time, agreements were signed with companies in the sector to ensure special conditions and exclusive discounts for members of the College, thus helping to accelerate the recovery of their professional activities.
Beyond the support for its members, the College's solidarity also extended to patients in the most affected areas. Through the SOS Fisioterapia ICOFCV initiative, with the collaboration of volunteer physiotherapists, a free service was offered both in tents and at home, which made it possible to provide physiotherapy care to more than a hundred residents who could not travel or could not afford to go to a centre due to the circumstances.
The efforts of the ICOFCV have been reinforced by donations from other entities and professional associations of physiotherapists from all over Spain. Thanks to these contributions, two phases of financial aid have already been made effective to facilitate the reactivation of the professional activity of the affected physiotherapists.
