Ready to open new hospital in Las Claritas
Monday, 22 June 2009

Community councils, trade unionists and other community representatives, public recognition to make the company Crystallex, for the works that still running on the San Isidro Parish.


Isidro Casanova

Las Claritas. Just as the ambulatory type 2 in this population, the parish capital of San Isidro, Sifontes municipality entered into a general lack of doctors, the company Crystallex concludes the construction of a modern doctors, who have all basic services to morgue , also has 19 inpatient beds for children and adults, with their respective residences for doctors. Precisely in the clinic in Las Claritas, there are posters in clinics, realizing that there are no doctors.

This hospital, with more expensive private clinic in any major city in the country, is run almost 100% and its opening is planned for mid-July.

This medical center is built in the center of the village Las Claritas, a major center of mining and small in the direction of the Las Cristinas project located at the end of the sector Santo Domingo.

The Las Cristinas project is operated by the company Crystallex, this being the reason, the company runs the major construction.

The work went

Inspection evidence

Billboards placed in the village and the main entrance to the Medical Center, identified the site, the amount and the engineers responsible for construction.

The engineer Andres Brito, manager of construction Crystallex said that the execution has all the rules governing this type of building, being a design tailored to the needs of the medical service.

The senior management of Crystallex undertook an inspection visit to the Medical Care Center whose characteristics are those of a hospital.

Participated in this survey Dr. Elisa Paez, director of the health district of the municipality Sifontes 06 and representative of the Public Health Institute of Bolivar state.

During the tour were engineers Robert Fung, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Crystallex and the president of the company, Luis Felipe Cottin.

Other experts were present sanitary, who observed in detail the progress of design and construction.

On the way there were the diplomats and Poisson Louis José Páez, representatives of the Canadian Embassy in Venezuela.

The presence of these diplomats was due to the Embassy of Canada is always present in those places where there are Canadian investors and Crystallex investors is a company in Canada.

Auction and allocation

The informant later said that the operation of the hospital, is being fitted and equipped. Part of the equipment already in place and the rest is on its way. He said that they have taken all the forecast for the next service to provide the Medical Center, are the technical requirements that govern this type of service.

Satisfaction of the community leaders

During the inspection of the work, many were spokesmen of the parish councils San Isidro, who came to the launch of the plant and sewage treatment, expressed satisfaction and gratitude to the company Crystallex by this hospital, corresponding to a more service to the people, as were expressions of Maria Rosa Santelis, spokeswoman for the municipal council of Las Claritas 1, the union leader Pablo Martinez, secretary general of Sutic; Jairo Arbelaez, a spokesman for Las Claritas, Yaritza Morantes, spokeswoman The communal council Manacas; Aquino Loaiza, vice president of the board of the parish of San Isidro; Indian captain Gilberto Aguirre, a representative of the community of San Miguel de Betania; OVELAR Toro, a spokesman for the farming community in Tierra Blanca and others, who had expressions approval to the works of Crystallex, while pronounced because the government will leave you missing a business to start the Las Cristinas project, as estimated that about 3 thousand unemployed find employment.

Compliance with the terms of a social

Engineer Luis Felipe Cottin said when interviewed by the special envoy of this newspaper, that there is a contract signed between the CVG and Crystallex, where the company undertakes to perform important social work, the construction of the Medical Center and others, relate to compliance with the terms signed, which are in force.

Indeed, Crystallex received in 2002, the contract to operate the Las Cristinas project. Throughout time, the company has invested in social programs, this is the case with the recently opened plant sewage treatment, in this same population.

How can you understand that Crystallex will continue to make significant investments in Las Claritas or produced without an ounce of gold in Las Cristinas project?

A Crystallex will continue to be in strict compliance with the terms of the contract with CVG. It is important that the press and the public presence with us, compliance in the implementation of services. We are able to continue fulfilling the terms of the contract, said Cottin.

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