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The note from Jose in Spanish

Tengo buenas noticias que compartir a pesar de los inconvenientes experimentados en los vuelos de/para San Juan-Puerto Rico.United Airlines ha restablecido sus vuelos sin escala que han estado utilizando nuestros pacientes. Así que por el momento ya no van haber los problemas que estuvieron experimentando nuestros pacientes en el mes de octubre debido a retrasos por escalas en Miami. (Esto fue debido a que tuvimos que cambiar nuestros pacientes a American Airlines debido a los inconvenientes que estaba confrontando United Airlines)De otra parte esto también aliviara cualquier problema de oxigeno ya previsto, de los cuales iban a presentarse bastantes, aunque solo se viera envuelto un paciente!!!! Debido a que cualquier paciente que sufra el retraso de su vuelo (en cualquier aeropuerto), limitara su accesibilidad a un suministrador de oxigeno y la renta de un equipo como este se encuentra cerca de los $300.00 por hora. Lo que ascendería a $600.00 ida y vuelta por un retraso de vuelo en Miami. Sin mencionar todo el papeleo y el tiempo invertido en el tramite en cada visita que realice el paciente. Nuestra esperanza es que United Airlines continúe ofreciendo vuelos directos sin escala durante todo el año el 2009; aunque nuestro agente experto de viajes (Earlene Little) me explico que las agencias de viajes pueden cambiar sus vuelos en la forma que lo deseen.

José Salas
Coordinador de Cuidado de Pacientes
Instituto Nacional de Investigación del Genoma Humano
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