The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) reports that over 900 individuals required medical attention while participating in religious festivities celebrating the Feast Day of Jesus Nazareno. PRC volunteers and staff provided assistance to 917 individuals, including monitoring vital signs, treating minor ailments, and transporting 30 to hospitals.
There were more than 900 individuals who needed medical attention while attending the religious activities to celebrate the Feast Day of Jesus Nazareno on Thursday, the Philippine Red Cross reported.As of 1 a.m. on Friday, more than 1,000 PRC volunteers and staff were mobilized and were able to serve at least 917 individuals were served with 446 needing vital signs monitoring, 412 needed minor assistance while 9 were treated for major ailments and 30 were transported to hospitals.
The PRC Emergency Field Hospital served 20 patients while the others were transported to medical facilities: Jose Reyes Memerorial Medical Center - 5 Tondo Medical Center - 4 UP-PGH DOH EFH - 3 Chinese General Hospital - 2 PGH - 2 Philippine Orthopedic Center-1 Manila Doctor - 1 EFH Patients Transported to Medical Facility after management - 15The chief complaints of the patients ranged from minor ailments such as allergies, burns, blisters, dizziness, headache, stomach pain, sore throat,...
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