Filipino medical team treats over 260 in Myanmar quake zone

Close to 100 individuals received medical treatment from the Philippine Emergency Medical Assistance Team (PEMAT) and the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28.

By Sunday, April 6, PEMAT had treated 268 patients since arriving in Myanmar last week, addressing cases involving general medicine, surgery, pediatric care, orthopedic issues, and obstetrician-gynecologist consultations.

The Filipino medical team is operating a tent hospital near Bomingaung Temple in Bagan, treating more than half of the 234 patients seen on April 5 at their base camp; international health organizations such as WHO have also supported these efforts.

Search and rescue operations resumed at the Jade City Hotel with teams from Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, and Myanmar working together to retrieve earthquake victims from the Entertainment building basement despite temporary suspensions due to structural instability.

Filipino responders continue critical search, rescue, retrieval, and medical operations alongside teams from Myanmar, Vietnam, and Indonesia while also searching for four unaccounted Filipinos trapped in Mandalay's Sky Villa rubble.