With the support of Antigua, the College of Physicians supports before the Health Department that the Insular Hospital be named Guillermo Sánchez Velázquez.
– Spokesmen for the family and the College of Physicians of Las Palmas in Fuerteventura are grateful for the support of the City Council of Antigua for the proposal to be submitted to the Government of the Canary Islands.
– The spokespersons recall that all major health infrastructures in the Canary Islands are named in memory of or in recognition of an outstanding doctor for his or her personal career and personal commitment.
The mayor of Antigua, Matias Peña Garcia, has received the visit of the spokesman in Fuerteventura of the College of Physicians of Las Palmas, Juan Letang and Jorge Sanchez Hortelano, son and spokesman for the family of D. Guillermo Sanchez Velazquez.
On May 29th in plenary session, the City Council of Antigua approved with the support of all councilors in attendance, except the group of Coalición Canaria, the proposal of the College of Physicians to name the main health infrastructure of the island as Hospital Insular de Fuerteventura D. Guillermo Sánchez Velázquez.
The normal thing in the main health structures of each island is that they receive the name of those who promoted their presence, says Juan Letang, as is the case of D. Guillermo, who in addition to practicing as a doctor on the island all his professional life, thanks to his commitment and dedication managed among other issues, create a medical team and specialists on the island, which allowed to expand, improve and ensure medical care to families, in difficult times, and adds Letang, also remember that D. Guillermo Sánchez Velázquez was president of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura and recognized as the first Favorite Son of Fuerteventura by neighborhood demand collected in thousands of signatures in those years.
Pay respect and keep in memory to the pioneers and promoters of the health system on each island, as now in Fuerteventura is the least we can do, says the mayor, Matias Peña, who recalls that the position of the City of Antigua is firm and majority in supporting the College of Physicians of Las Palmas, in its proposal to the Canary Islands Government.
