PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO ORDERS SENDING OF MEDICAL TEAM TO MYANMAR

The Philippines will be sending a 15-man medical mission to typhoon-hit Myanmar where some 22,000 people have died and some 41,000 others have gone missing in one of the worst natural disasters to hit the Asian continent.

This was revealed by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita who said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has directed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Health (DOH) to send a medical contingent to the cyclone-ravaged old Burma.
 
“I got (information) from the DOH that a 15-man team of doctors and assistants are being prepared and they are awaiting the arrival of (Health) Secretary Duque,” revealed Ermita in his regular Wednesday press briefing with the Malacanang Press Corps.

Ermita said the DOH team has already sent an initial query with Myanmar’s government as to the type of medicines that are more needed to be brought (to Myanmar to alleviate the) catastrophe that they face.”
 
The Philippine medical team and medicine donation will be sent within 48 hours, said Ermita.  - END -