President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) to send a Philippine medical team to China.
This is in order to help the victims of the strong earthquake that has killed some 10,000 people in central China.
According to Deputy Spokesperson Anthony Golez, the lead agency in the medical mission would be the Department of Health (DOH), who will coordinate with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
The immediate dispatch by the Philippines of a medical team is “one way to reciprocate their generosity and kindness to the Filipino people, who would always come to our aid whenever we too have similar concerns”, Golez said.
The RP medical team “will leave ASAP (as soon as possible) depende sa sasabihin ng Chinese Embassy kung saan kailangan yung team natin,” stressed Golez. (PIA/Bohol)
