Contributions from the Health Sector to Guarantee Water Quality

The Health Sector in Holguin province monitors the water supply sources. Used by its hospitals to ensure the quality and safety of this precious resource. Thereby preventing diseases associated with unsafe consumption.

This topic is also addressed in the scientific field. A contribution made in the doctoral thesis of Roberto Tomás Sánchez Torres, director of the Health Assurance and Support Unit at the General Directorate of the Health Sector in the province.

As the researcher acknowledged, water is not an infinite resource. Every drop we use today represents a missed diagnosis tomorrow. In a hospital, sustainable water management is not an ecological option but an ethical imperative. Guaranteeing its availability and quality is as crucial as the medical act itself because without water, there is no possible health.

“Moreover the research deals with the comprehensive management of water resources in the hospital context. Using a new conceptual framework to understand water as an integrated system.” It provides a toolbox of methodological approaches applicable within the Cuban hospital context.

“Furthermore, it generates evidence of impact on savings, quality, and sustainability. Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. This establishes an organizational culture based on values, processes, and strategic communication. Offering a portable model that combines technical innovation with cultural transformation.”

Ensuring a water supply of the necessary quality, meeting the country’s established physical-chemical and microbiological standards, is an ongoing work strategy.

Factors such as improving the availability of water services and their effective treatment. Also reinforced by systematic monitoring, contribute to optimizing its sanitary quality for human consumption. While simultaneously reducing health risks associated with waterborne diseases. This essential task also falls under the purview of the Health sector in Holguin, and science offers a different perspective on it.

Maylín Betancourt Verdecia
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