Posted November 27, 2013 by Global Administrator
The Canadian Red Cross field hospital has delivered more than 50 babies and performed 24 surgeries, including several caesarian sections, since it opened last week. Pictured above, Mark Joseph Nuez, 21, visits with his wife Phoebe, also 21, and h...
Posted November 25, 2013 by Global Administrator
The Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU) in Ormoc, Philippines opened to treat its first patients last week. The field hospital has been set up in front of the local hospital which suffered extensive damage as a result of the typhoon ...
Posted November 21, 2013 by Global Administrator
Today in Ormoc, Philippines, a Canadian Red Cross medical team began treating their first patients at the newly opened field hospital. This field hospital, also known as an Emergency Response Unit (ERU), is ready to provide care for those in the t...
Posted November 20, 2013 by Global Administrator
Delivering aid in the Philippines poses many challenges to aid agencies, from transportation issues related to bad weather, damaged roads and infrastructure, to the fact that the country is made up of some 7,000 islands. The Canadian Red Cross...
Posted November 19, 2013 by Global Administrator
Tamara Bournival is among the delegates currently deployed in the Philippines to support the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU) field hospital. Tamara is the perfect person to have in charge of medical logistics on this mission t...
Posted November 18, 2013 by Global Administrator
We shared dispatches from Red Crosser Jose Garcia-Lozano on our blog over the past few days as he travelled to typhoon-affected communities in the Philippines along with Conrad Sauvé, the Canadian Red Cross Secretary General. We also wanted to...
Posted November 16, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
As the Canadian Red Cross team is busy making arrangements to set up its field hospital (ERU) in Tacloban, Philippines to provide health care for people affected by the typhoon, we wanted to share this update from Jose Garcia-Lozano, a Canadian Red C...
Posted November 15, 2013 by Global Administrator
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