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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (June 2, 2018) - The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Camp Navarro General Hospital (CNGH) in Zamboanga City received last week medical supplies to treat people wounded in the recent clashes in Sulu.
Piotr
Dregiel, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in
Zamboanga, said that as part of the ICRC’s humanitarian mandate to help people
affected by armed conflicts, it provided intravenous fluids and wound-care
materials to the military hospital, which serves as the main operating base for
southwest Philippines. The medical supplies can cover the needs of 20-30
wounded people.
Lt.
Col. Maria Victoria Mandin, commanding officer of the CNGH, expressed
appreciation for the donation and the continuing support of the ICRC. “Their
medical donations since 2016 have supplemented the supplies and medicines of
the hospital which at times can become low due to increased patient needs
especially during the height of military operations.”
The
ICRC regularly supports five hospitals in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao
through quarterly donations of medicines, vaccines and medical supplies. It
also provides ad hoc assistance to hospitals during crises situations. In
April, the ICRC donated medical items and jerrycans to the Integrated
Provincial Hospital Office (IPHO) - Sulu Provincial Hospital in response to the
diarrhea outbreak in Pata Island.
The
ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization whose
exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims
of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with
assistance, regardless of their political affiliation. It has an international
mandate to promote knowledge for and respect of international humanitarian law.
(Allison
Lopez, Head of Public
Communication-ICRC)
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