AMBULANCES from the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Batac City, Ilocos Norte loaded with medical supplies await deployment to earthquake-hit Abra, Thursday, July 28. (MMMHMC FB photo)
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte (PNA) – Some 100 personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) c
AUGMENTATION. Health personnel of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital in Batac City prepare to aid quake victims in Abra province on Thursday (July 28, 2022), following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit northern Luzon. Batches of teams will be deployed in the hard-hit areas in the next few days. (Photo courtesy of MMMH&MC) LAOAG CITY - Some 100 personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) capable of special rescue operations and providing emergency medical services, as well as from the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Batac City, were deployed to Abra province to assist victims of the magnitude 7 earthquake. Dr. Maria Lourdes Otayza, medical center chief of the Batac hospital, confirmed this on Thursday as they are currently forming more batches of teams to be deployed in the hard-hit areas in the next few days. She said the first batch of the medical team is composed of doctors, nurses, medical technologists, pharmacists, cook, and paramedics and were se