Minister Padrino López handed over the rehabilitated Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital

Sectorial Vice President of Political Sovereignty, Security and Peace, Vladimir Padrino López
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Published at: 24/10/2025 01:59 PM

As part of the revival of the First Black Mission, the sectoral vice-president of Political Sovereignty, Security and Peace, Vladimir Padrino López, handed over the rehabilitated Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital, with the purpose of continuing to guarantee the right to free public health.

In this regard, he indicated that among the rehabilitations and recoveries, the Unit for Non-Invasive Pulmonary Interventional Studies, the Clinical Unit for Hospitalization of Nephrology and Pulmonology with 30 beds stands out; as well as the equipment of the Pulmonology service.

“We can say that we have the most equipped, presented and prepared pneumonology service in the entire nation, I can say it with responsibility, it is here at the Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital and for this reason, President Nicolás Maduro proposed it to him by dictating his guidelines, providing the resources so that all these services, this one in particular, could be put at the forefront throughout the country,” he said.

In addition, he indicated that the spaces for chest surgery and general surgery were also recovered with 20 beds and an intermediate care unit; likewise, the hospitalization area for junior officers with 23 beds, the professional troop with 33 beds, for cadets and the dictated troop with 34 beds was equipped.

“We have been in the area of physical medicine and rehabilitation and that was extremely equipped, very nice, very prepared, to care for all patients who require it,” he added.

He also recognized the men and women in white coats who work with the highest level of professionalism to provide medical care, in the midst of the aggression against Venezuela.

“They are there saving lives, caring for lives, with love, conscience, with technology and with professionals,” he said and recalled that the military hospital opens its doors to all people who need to be treated.

At the same time, he recalled that it was thanks to Commander Hugo Chávez that the barrier that this hospital would only serve the care of the military family was broken. “Chávez asked us to open the doors of military hospitals to the civilian population, to the people in need, and here the mobility managed is approximately between 65% and 70% of the Venezuelan people and the rest are military personnel,” he said.

Mazo News Team

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