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Filipino medical team helps over 260 patients in Myanmar post-quake
A 91-member Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) was dispatched to Myanmar following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake.
Philippine responders conducted Urban Search and Rescue operations in Nay Pyi Taw, collaborating with international teams.
The Philippine Emergency Medical Assistance Teams (PEMATs) have assisted a total of 268 patients in Bagan during their first four days of an 18-day mission.
Of the total patients treated, 140 were seen on April 5, including four Filipinos and 136 Burmese.
The majority of cases handled by the PEMATs were related to general medicine, but they also addressed surgical, pediatric, and orthopedic needs.
Four Filipinos remain unaccounted for, believed to be trapped in the rubble of the Sky Villa in Mandalay.
The Myanmar earthquake has resulted in at least 3,000 fatalities, with hundreds more missing.
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A 91-member Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PHIAC), including a 10-man Philippine Army Search and Rescue team, has been deployed to Myanmar following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake.
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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. directed government agencies to mobilize humanitarian aid for Myanmar following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that claimed over 2,000 lives.
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The Department of Health (DOH) has deployed a Philippine Emergency Medical Assistance Team (PEMAT) to Myanmar following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake.
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A team of 18 medical personnel from the Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC) was deployed to Myanmar on April 1 as part of the Philippine Emergency Medical Assistance Team (PEMAT).
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A five-member Philippine consular team has been dispatched to Mandalay, Myanmar, to assist in the search for four Filipinos missing after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake.
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