Published December 21, 2020, 9:51 AM
LEGAZPI CITY(PNA) – At least 14 health personnel under the Nurse Deployment Program (NDP) of the Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol were rescued on Saturday by members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) when their motorized boat capsized after being smashed by big waves off the coast of Rapu-Rapu town in Albay.
Gremil Naz, Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol spokesperson, said rescued were 13 nurses, a midwife, and two boatmen.
Naz said the DOH-NDP team was deployed in Rapu-Rapu island, and was on its way back to Legazpi City when the accident took place.
“But they were all rescued and no casualty,” Naz said on Sunday.