The residents of La Graciosa are "desperate" due to the lack of internet connection they are suffering on the island. One of its residents, Encarna Páez, in an interview last Tuesday on Radio Lanzarote-Onda Cero, conveyed the "concern" of the residents of La Graciosa in relation to the issue.
"We have been suffering from internet problems for more than fifteen days", says the woman. "They say it is a problem with the telephone antenna near El Risco", recalls the neighbor. As a consequence, pharmacies are having difficulties ordering medicines, a situation that causes citizens to "not be able to access them". "I went to the pharmacy last week to get medicines but I couldn't get them", she asserts. "I was five days without my anticoagulant pills, but thanks to a neighbor who had them and was able to give them to me", she says. In addition, the municipal office and the houses also continue with these cuts.
"I was five days without my anticoagulant pills, but thanks to a neighbor who had them and was able to give them to me"
"There are people who have a car, go to Órzola and from there, to La Mala or Haría to look for medication", she argues. "But that's not the case for everyone, many of us can't get close and we can't leave the medication either", she complains. As a measure to address the problem, among some neighbors, "we have a WhatsApp group to bring us things, take us by car, do us favors, etc.", she confirms.
In addition, she makes it clear that the residents of La Graciosa "deserve a better quality of life". "Not everything is putting on a swimsuit and going to the beach as some believe", she emphasizes, "that doesn't solve our lives", she assures.
"Not everything is putting on a swimsuit and going to the beach as some believe"
"We also deserve respect", she comments. "We have other very important needs" that must be covered, she points out very angrily. Therefore, "I am giving voice for myself, my people and the other citizens", she acknowledges.
Apparently, that is not the only thing that remains to be managed on the island, also "fix the cables that are on the ground", which "you don't even know what they are for", "the recurrent water cuts" in which "today you have water but then you end up three days without it" and even, "the inhuman heat in the municipal office", she adds.
"The problem has not been solved yet", Páez confesses to La Voz this Wednesday. "The bars and shops also have problems charging with a dataphone", although "a solution has already been put in place" with a "digital program to be able to carry out the operations", she concludes.
