Saturday, March 17th, 2018
History has left us many teachings, which we must learn, a very relevant that must rescue to understand the death of the young Felix Ugaz Leon, 4th year medical student at the National University of Trujillo, is the reference to the Roman legions. These legions were some extraordinary machines of war, conquest, consolidation and extension of power, the generals and their commanders were concerned not only study strategy wars and battles, they not only designed military tactics, but above all they cared, by express order of the Emperor, his troops, each of his soldiers and for this purpose prepared and implemented detailed and strict public health and biosecurity measures to prevent diseases tithing to their hosts, very well chose the places where to camp, they chose sites open, ventilated, they avoided swampy sites, they had drinking water to the troops through aqueducts, even if they had to take them from places distant, but they provided water for human use, chose places of latrine and sewage and surrounded their camps of tongues of fire from the height of two men to prevent mosquitoes and insects to infect his men, incineraban their detritus and debris, moved with war doctors, installed locations to treat their wounded which they called valetudinarios and when a warrior died by failures in public health the Manager was dismissed, and when an epidemic decimating to the legion, by failures in health, the general measures and their commanders were dismissed or executed depending on the severity of the case. These days, Trujillo and the Peru have, been moved by the death of a young warrior, 4th year medical student, a young man who dreamed of being a doctor to heal and comfort, an outstanding student who was also leading in its promotion, which was prepared with zeal and sacrifice, to integrate the ranks of those legions of anonymous doctors fighting the disease and deathFelix Ugaz Lion has died victim of a medieval disease, dead victim of carelessness, negligence, bureaucracy, the inability of the generals and commanders responsible for their care and public health, who far from being denounced and severely punished have been rewarded and promoted by a Government incapable and superb that self-criticism is not an instrument of Justice and humilityThis death hurts for everything that this promising young left unfinished, it hurts for all their dreams unfulfilled, dreams broken and ecologies that now his parents and siblings crying with great pain and express my sincere condolences, with the sadness of who a few years ago who also wept and even crying with great bitterness the death of a daughter in the hands of a few irresponsible to who the justice never punished. .