The 8:00 p.m. appointment during the toughest months of the pandemic will go down in history as one of the most emotional moments of those days.
Thus, thunderous, vibrant and full of gratitude, very similar to the one that came out of the balconies of all Spain has been the applause that has closed the ceremony of delivery of the
1st edition of the Admirables Awards
, an event organized by Diario Médico and Correo Farmacéutico , with the collaboration of Bidafarma, Gilead and Pfizer, which was held this Tuesday in Madrid.
The event, held on the occasion of the
XXIX anniversary
of Diario Médico, had a clear objective: to
recognize the immense work
that health workers are doing, from their different areas of work, to face the coronavirus. For this reason, with these awards,
the Editorial Unit Health Area (of which DM and CF are part)
has wanted to recognize, in the first person, that leading role that health professionals are playing.
More than a hundred professionals and representatives of the different areas of the health profession have attended this event, which has been held in compliance with the strictest security measures. The event was attended by, among other personalities, the Minister of Health,
Carolina Darias
; the acting Minister of Health of Madrid,
Enrique Ruiz Escudero
; the second vice president of the Congress of Deputies,
Ana Pastor
; the general director of the Publishing Unit Business,
Nicola Speroni
; the corporate general director of Unidad Editorial,
Stefania Bedogni
, and the general director of Publications of Unidad Editorial,
Aurelio Fernández
.
2021 Admirables Awards ceremony on the XXIX anniversary of Diario Médico.ANTONIO HEREDIAMUNDO
Four categories
In this first edition of the awards, four categories have been established:
Nursing, Research, Pharmacy
and
Medicine
.
In each of them, five professionals who have played an essential role in the pandemic and who reflect the essence of these awards have been awarded.
In Nursing, the winners have been
José Miguel Morales
, professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Malaga;
Ana María Ruíz
, nurse at Summa 112 in the Community of Madrid;
Esther Gómez
, nurse specialized in Emergencies and Outpatient Emergencies and instructor of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR);
Carmen García Talles
, Critical Care nurse at the Alcorcón Hospital Foundation (Madrid), and
Natalia Becerril
, nurse at the Polyvalent ICU of the Miguel Servet Hospital (Zaragoza).
The distinguished professionals in the Research category have been
Margarita del Val
, scientific researcher at the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC);
Mariano Esteban
, director of the Poxvirus and Vaccine Laboratory of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology of the National Center for Biotechnology-CSIC (Madrid);
Adolfo García-Sastre
, Professor in the Departments of Microbiology and Medicine and director of the Institute for Global Health and Emerging Pathogens at the Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, United States);
Jose Luis Jimenez
, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and member of the Environmental Sciences Research Institute of the University of Colorado Boulder (United States), and
Isabel Sola
, co-director of the Coronavirus Laboratory of the National Center for Biotechnology of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CNB-CSIC ).
MAURICIO SKRYCKY
In Pharmacy, the awards have gone to
Javier Arroyo
; Professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Complutense University of Madrid since 2017 and director of the Center for Genomics and Proteomics of the same university;
María Jesús Lamas
, director of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (Aemps);
Olga Delgado
, Head of the Pharmacy Service of the Son Espases University Hospital (Palma de Mallorca) and president of the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SEFH);
María José Cabañas
, specialist in Hospital Pharmacy at the Vall d'Hebron Maternal and Child Hospital (Barcelona), and
Mario García Gil
, head of the Pharmacy Service at the Fuenlabrada University Hospital.
And finally, in the Medicine category,
Magda Campins
, head of the Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service of the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (Barcelona);
Jesús Millán
, head of the Internal Medicine Service at the Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital;
Julio Mayol
, medical director of the San Carlos Clinical Hospital in Madrid;
Amós García Rojas
, head of the Epidemiology and Prevention Section of the Epidemiology and Prevention Service of the General Directorate of Public Health of the Canary Islands and president of the Spanish Association of Vaccination, and
Damián García-Olmo
, head of the Department of Surgery at the University Hospital Jiménez Díaz Foundation.
Collaboration and unity, two basic qualities
During the event,
Miguel G. Corral
, director of the Unidad Editorial Health Area, thanked all health workers for the role they have played during the pandemic and pointed out that these awards "represent the work of large groups of professionals" who have I work together and in collaboration in the face of an "unprecedented" threat, and without which it "would not have been possible" to combat it.
"When the pandemic arrived, we realized the importance of
working together
; putting aside the chains and corsets imposed by the professions and rolling up our sleeves together to overcome this situation," said Corral.
Ruiz Escudero
, who has also participated in the event, stressed that these awards "seek to publicly recognize" the essential work that the entire sector has been doing throughout this health crisis. In his opinion, if the role of health workers is essential in itself, "it has been evidenced much more clearly and much more evident in these months of the health pandemic."
In addition, he wanted to highlight that this work has been carried out, on many occasions, in
"extremely harsh" conditions
and in which, despite adversity, professionals have given their best. "You all have a leading role today, those present here and all your colleagues. You have succeeded in transforming the system and
adapting
to the required needs, and this
ability to adapt
has been one of the lessons learned for us. leaving this health crisis ", he stressed.
In words of gratitude to Diario Médico and Correo Farmacéutico for their informative role as a specialized press, Ruiz Escudero has stressed the "commitment" of these publications "to verified and truthful information" based on "rigor".
Health professionals, the great pillar of support
Also Minister Darías, before concluding the meeting, wanted to express the appreciation of the Executive for all that work carried out in the last 15 months against SARS-CoV-2 and has defended that health workers are
"the backbone"
of the challenge to facing the country to end the pandemic.
Along with this, the minister has indicated that in this pandemic "we enter without navigation charts" and that the toilets have been an
"essential ecosystem"
that has always been watching over the health of the population.
"Thank you for that strength during this difficult time, in the worst conditions you have been there. Thank you for feeling proud of what you represent as a country. [...]
Thank you for the work done
. My recognition. Courage and strength to continue working and overcoming the challenge that lies ahead together, "concluded Darias.
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