Rally Mexico Launches 'Health Rally' Initiative
León, Mexico — Once more, the communities in which Rally Mexico, Rally Guanajuato Bicentenario, takes place are to benefit from the Rally de la Salud, the “Health Rally”, a social program born of the collaboration between rally organisers, the Department of Health of the State of Guanajuato, and the local health authorities.
The program aims to improve the overall health of the communities where the rally is held. It provides mobile medical units where people can receive dental care, cervical screening, medical checkups and eye tests, and promotes preventive health awareness. It is hoped that these services will result in a well-balanced social development among local people and, through the benefits that the event brings, a much closer identification with the rally itself.
The community of Ibarrilla was chosen as the site of the starting signal for the health convoy, on its way through the various communities where the Rally Guanajuato Bicentenario will take place. Once again, the Rally de la Salud will provide more than 12,000 people with numerous health benefits, with more than 1500 medical checkups, 700 dental consults, and cervical screenings for women.
Present at the launch of the program were Dr. Jorge Armando Aguirre Torres, Secretary of Health of the State of Guanajuato; Gilles Spitalier, Operations Director of Rally Guanajuato Bicentenario and Mrs. Ingracia Terán Flores, from the Neighborhood Committee of Ibarrilla.
“The Rally de la Salud was designed to bring medical attention to those who have limited access to medical care, and to thank the inhabitants of the area for their support of the event. As in previous years, Rally Guanajuato Bicentenario will visit their communities and we want to ensure the event is a resounding success.”, commented Gilles Spitalier.
Dr. Aguirre added, “We are ready and eager to welcome Rally Guanajuato Bicentenario and the party atmosphere that comes along with it. You are all part of this event and we want to take care of you the way you take care of us. Promoting a culture of health is a challenge, but we must embrace this important opportunity, starting with oral hygiene, precautions that need to be taken during the winter season, and other activitiess. We are enormously grateful to the organisers of Rally Guanajuato Bicentenario for their help in an issue that concerns us all”.
The Rally de la Salud started on 02 February in Ibarrilla, and will move on to the communities of Alfaro, San Antonio del Gigante, Sauz Seco, La Laborcita, Las Coloradas, Vaquerías, Derramadero and Nuevo Valle de Moreno.
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