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First Aid Responders During The Pope’s Visit

18/01/2015 


A total of 103 emergency doctors,nurses, paramedics and emergency medical technicians from 10 partner groups of the Order of Malta actively responded to the call for service during the Papal visit to the country. Immediately made available for the teams’ simultaneous response were 7 ambulance units located at the Manila Metropolitan Cathedral and Mall of Asia Arena on January 16 and the Quirino Grandstand on January 18, 2015.

Dr. Leopoldo H. Lazatin, President of the Order of Malta and Doña Maria del Carmen Carag-Harada, Hospitaller, together with Dr. Carlos Primero D. Gundran, Team Captain during the events provided hands-on support to the medical teams.

MEDICAL MISSIONS

September and December o 2014 and March 2015 gave way to 3 medical missions in San Antonio and Amandayehan inBasey, Samar as part of thepost Haiyan health program. In collaborationwith the medical team of the St. Camillus Hospital in Calbayog, one of the recipients of the Order of Malta, the medical mission was able to serve more than 1,500 patients for both adult and pediatric cases. Volunteers from the San Antonio Mission Center with the 2 barangays assisted in augmenting the medical manpower needed during the missions. The last medical mission will be conducted in Sta. Fe, Bantayan Island Cebu where around 500 patients are expected to avail of the free medical services. Collaborating with us is the Episcopal Commission on Health Care of The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (ECHC-CBCP).
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FIRST AID & EMERGENCY SERVICES

  • December 12, 2014: Prayer Rally “Win One for God: A Pope Rally” at the Araneta Coliseum.
  • December 6, 2014: World AIDS Day Sportsfest with the youth in collaboration with the
    Philippine Catholic HIV & AIDS Network (PhilCHAN) at the San Carlos Seminary.

Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta

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