32. The State also indicated that it was recently, on January 5, 2012, that the representatives advised that the victims had expressed their willingness to be attended by personnel of the Ministry of Public Health, but that the latter should receive training from Dr. María Sol Yáñez, who had been an expert witness before the Court during the proceedings, and who was sensitive to the problems concerning disappeared children. In February 2012, a meeting had been held “with all the interested parties” during which a proposal was validated to enhance the capacities of the health personnel in order to set up a “Program of Psychosocial Assistance for persons found and their families, as well as for the families of those who are still disappeared.” In this regard, once the institutional resources had been identified in the Health Ministry, a workshop was held in May and June 2012 entitled “Processes of psychosocial assistance for victims of human rights violations in the context of the armed conflict.” The State reported that it had identified health personnel who will be responsible for the psychosocial assistance to each family, and they will receive specific criteria and guidelines for this assistance from Dr. Yáñez. Likewise, the State indicated that it planned to organize a meeting in November 2012 to learn about the experiences of other countries in providing psychosocial assistance to victims. Furthermore, the State indicated that it had tried to provide Gregoria Herminia Recinos Contreras with health services when she was in the country, in the Community Family Health Unit of San Antonio de Abad, in San Salvador, where she had seen both doctors in general medicine and specialists, undergone laboratory tests, and been provided with medicines. Lastly, it indicated that it had established coordination with the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, which had formally agreed to collaborate by providing dental care to Gregoria Herminia, under an agreement with the Universidad de El Salvador. 33. The representatives recognized that progress had been made in the Health Ministry’s provision of medical attention to the victims in El Salvador. However, they indicated that the family members continued to face obstacles to receive priority attention, based on their condition as victims. In addition, some beneficiaries reported problems in relation to the availability and delivery of medical treatment and materials prescribed by specialists, so that several of them have had to use their own resources to pay for the medicines. They also reported that Margarita Rivera had been diagnosed as suffering from anxiety attacks, which needed to be treated inter-institutionally. They also indicated that they had not received a proposal of possible dates for the first meeting between the health personnel designated to be responsible for the psychosocial assistance to each family and the family members, to be facilitated by Dr. María Sol Yáñez, in order to start the corresponding treatment. Furthermore, they reported that, regarding the reunion with José Rubén Rivera Rivera, members of his family were receiving psychosocial assistance from the National Search Commission, and that it was essential that the State forward a report to the Court on the activities and progress in the psychosocial assistance to this family. 34. In addition, the representatives pointed out that Gregoria Herminia Recinos Contreras had expressed her wish to return to El Salvador; nevertheless, to date it had not been possible to accomplish her return. They also referred to the need for the victim to receive medical dental treatment, and confirmed that she had received attention on January 9 and 10, 2012, during a visit to El Salvador, mainly to take steps related to the restitution of her identity. However, she would need a specific treatment that required more time than she could spend in El Salvador. In this regard, they explained that the victim had paid from her own resources for an appointment in Guatemala in order to undergo an evaluation. Nevertheless, when informing the State of the cost of the treatment, the latter stated that it and information was received on the medical care provided to María Maura Contreras, Rubén de Jesús López Contreras, Fermín Recinos, Julia Gregoria Recinos, Sara Margarita López Contreras and Santos Antonio López Contreras. 13

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