SunStar Editorial: Prioritizing people in crises
understanding what the problem is should guide first responders in making appropriate responses in crises and emergencies. For public health emergencies, a law enforcement approach is a mismatch and will only dehumanize people. / SunStar File
+ April 11, 2021 THE photo shows a prosaic scene from a government-sponsored training: men and women listening to a speaker inside a cavernous multi-purpose building.
Only the facial masks and spaced apart seats allude to the pandemic that continues as participants from six Cebu City barangays trained as first responders in disaster response with the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO).
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Contributed photo February 13, 2021 THE Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) added more personnel and resources for its extraction efforts to meet the rising number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases.
Harold Alcontin, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) operations head and in-charge of extraction team, said personnel and ambulances from CDRRMO helped fast-track efforts of the EOC extraction team.
CDRRMO head Ramil Ayuman added 20 personnel for the extraction team.
Ten more barangay isolation centers with 762-bed capacity have also been opened to accommodate new cases.
The additional resources have helped the Cebu City EOC address the spike in coronavirus disease cases.