More Quake responders

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is now training a number of volunteers to respond to the needs of thousand of casualties in Metro Manila in case it will be devastated by a powerful earthquake.

Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman Richard Gordon said they are now recruiting and training 25 volunteers each week. They will be included in the PRC's existing pool of first aiders.

 “They can be mobilized in cases of mass casualty incidents like an earthquake,” Gordon said.

At present, PRC has 27,000 volunteers nationwide, of which 6,300 are based in the National Capital Region (NCR).

Gordon said they are also now crafting plans to establish 70-bed emergency field hospitals (EFH) in Metro Manila to provide medical treatment to casualties if it would be hit by the “big one.”

      

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