According to preliminary estimates, 10,000 residents in the Florida Keys were left homeless due to hurricane Irma. Literally razed to the Ground turned whole neighborhoods. This was stated by the Governor of Florida Rick Scott during a press conference Monday morning.
So more than 1/10 of the residents of Monroe County have nowhere to live.
Temporary shelters for accommodation of victims set up and operate, but the Governor stressed that the main task of the authorities is to fundamentally solve the housing problem.
Last weekend all the evacuated residents of the Florida Keys has received official permission to return to their homes. Unfortunately, many of them to return had nowhere to go. In addition, the region is still not restored electricity, repaired sewer and water.
In addition to housing problems on a press-conferences were raised and other issues. The Minister of health and social services Tom Price said the shortage of health workers in the region has prompted authorities to abandon the special certification. This means that now in Florida are also doctors from other regions of the country that has not received special permission to work in the state.
«We refuse all the bureaucratic aspects existing in the area of health. This applies to people, not processes,» said Price. «The key to this is saving lives».
