Red Cross, surgeons sign agreement on earthquake response

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and the Philippine College of Surgeons (PCS) recently signed an agreement which will allow PRC to tap the expertise of PCS member in case a major earthquake hits the country. 

"We have to be prepared because we don’t know when a quake will strike. If such disasters happen, hospitals will be unable to take in all the victims.  Hospitals may even be damaged and rendered non-operational. There has to be an adequate number of doctors and medical personnel deployed to attend the victims and those injured,” PRC chairman Richard J. Gordon said.

The agreement, signed by Gordon and PCS president Dr. Arturo Mendoza Jr., will enable both parties to provide training for their personnel and volunteers. -end-

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