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(File photo courtesy of OCD) MANILA - The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said the Philippine Emergency Medical Assistance Team (PEMAT), which is part of the 82-man Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC), has so far served and treated 938 Turkish patients as of Thursday (local time). "The PEMAT started its operations at 0900H 23 February 2023. The PEMAT catered to ambulatory cases and referral of cases requiring hospitalization," the OCD said in a statement on Friday. The patients catered to by the PEMAT are as follows: Feb. 11 - 14 patients Feb. 12 - 41 patients Feb. 13 - 60 patients Feb. 14 - 53 patients Feb. 15 - 88 patients Feb. 16 - 97 patients Feb. 17 - 105 patients Feb. 18 - 81 patients Feb. 19 - 64 patients Feb. 20 - 65 patients Feb. 21 - 82 patients Feb. 22 - 103 patients Feb. 23 - 85 patients It added that PEMAT's last day of operation will be on Friday. "DOH (Department of Health) continues to provide medical assistance to the P
RESCUE. A fire officer in Benguet pulls a victim out of a rubble in Buyagan, La Trinidad, Benguet after a magnitude 7 earthquake hit several provinces in Northern Luzon on Wednesday (July 27, 2022). The victim eventually died while undergoing treatment at the Benguet General Hospital.(PNA photo courtesy of PNP) MANILA - At least five people were reported dead and another 64 injured as a result of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Abra and other parts of Luzon on Wednesday, according to the 6 p.m. update of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD). In a briefing conducted by OCD Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV, two of the fatalities were from La Trinidad and Tuba, Benguet; one from Balbalan, Kalinga; one in Bangued, Abra; and one in Gattaran, Cagayan. Meanwhile, the OCD said 64 were reported injured and these can be broken down into 57 from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and another seven from Region 1 (Ilocos). National Disaster Risk Reduction and Mana
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) will be placed on “red alert” status on Monday, May 9, to ensure that the upcoming national and local elections will be free from the threat of Covid-19.
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(PNA file photo) MANILA-The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) will be on red alert in time for the May 9 national and local elections, particularly in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19)-proofing the polls. The OCD said this is in line with the National Task Force Against Covid-19's (NTF) Memorandum No. 6 last May 2, directing the OCD, all Regional Task Forces (RTFs), and RDRRMCs (Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council) to coordinate and mobilize member agencies to adhere to the requirements and needs set by the Commission on Elections (Comelec)'s field offices. "(W)e urge our countrymen to keep the 'Bayanihan Spirit' alive to ensure a safe and healthy national and local elections," Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV, OCD deputy administrator for operations, said in a statement Friday. As the head of the Task Group Resource and Management and Logistics, t