Emergency field hospital handed over to Philippine Red Cross

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Canadian Red Cross and Canadian Embassy representatives celebrate the handover of the emergency field hospital to the Philippine Red Cross.
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Staff and volunteers from the Philippine Red Cross being trained to deploy an emergency field hospital
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Philippine Red Cross volunteers have some fun while learning to set up the water and sanitation systems of the Canadian Red Cross emergency field hospital
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The women of the Philippine Red Cross field hospital training gather to celebrate the handover of the emergency field hospital from the Canadian Red Cross
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Philippine Red Cross volunteers learn to erect a ward tent for the Canadian Red Cross emergency field hospital
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Philippine Red Cross volunteers learn to erect a ward tent in training by the Canadian Red Cross emergency field hospital team
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Philippine Red Cross volunteers learn to erect a ward tent as part of the training before the Canadian Red Cross handed over an emergency field hospital for use in future emergencies in the Philippines
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Philippine Red Cross volunteers learn to set up water and sanitation systems as part of the training before the Canadian Red Cross handed over an emergency field hospital for use in future emergencies in the Philippines
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Canadian Red Cross emergency response unit technician Garth Thoms teaches staff and volunteers from the Philippine Red Cross to use the water filtration system of the emergency field hospital
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Philippine Red Cross staff and volunteers take part in training before the handover of the Canadian Red Cross emergency field hospital
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The Canadian Red Cross field hospital is seen in its boxes, after completion of training on its deployment
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Chairman Richard Gordon of the Philippine Red Cross accepts the handover of the Canadian Red Cross emergency field hospital, in Manila


More than three months after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, the Canadian Red Cross has handed over the field hospital it deployed in November 2013 to the Philippine Red Cross. This will allow the Philippine Red Cross to provide basic health care to a community of 30,000 people in the event of a future emergency. Read more here.

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