Gov’t ready to send add’l medical team to Myanmar

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00:00In other news, the first Filipino humanitarian mission to Myanmar just returned last night

00:05after a fortnight of relief and recovery assistance to earthquake victims there,

00:10notwithstanding the challenges of culture and language barriers.

00:13As a result, the Department of Health has stressed it can down-dispatch a second or follow-up humanitarian mission

00:19at a moment's notice if a request is formally made.

00:22Arbyad Manalo fills us in with more.

00:24The Department of Health assured the country is ready to send an additional contingent to Myanmar

00:32if the government of Myanmar requests it.

00:35The Health Department also assured that the medical team to be sent to Myanmar,

00:40which is categorized by the World Health Organization as a type 1 fixed hospital, is self-sustaining.

00:45There is no request at as of this time, maghihintay kami ng request

00:49at then sisiya sa atin namin kung anong specific needs na ang nire-request nila

00:56and kung kaya natin tugunan.

00:58Meanwhile, aboard a C-130 cargo aircraft,

01:02the 89-man team of the Philippine Humanitarian Contingent Team arrived in the country last night.

01:07It was dispatched to Myanmar to help in the search and rescue operations there,

01:11which lasted for almost two weeks.

01:13The team's response was not easy.

01:15The differences in culture and language were a huge challenge for them.

01:19One of the first challenges po na na-encounter namin was yung communication

01:24kasi magkaiba po yung language namin.

01:28But we were given interpreters ng OCD.

01:32And then during dun po sa operation namin sa Pianmina,

01:36may mga nag-volunteer po mga student and Filipino teachers

01:40na tumulong po sa amin para makakommunicate po kami ng mabuti sa mga pasyente.

01:46And the next po was the weather.

01:49Kasi umabot po ng 45.1 yung temperature doon, so inom lang po ng water.

01:55They have provided aid to more than a thousand Filipinos.

01:59Most are injured and still in need of medical attention.

02:02They are also focusing on providing psychosocial support to those severely affected by the disaster.

02:08In FACA, an eight-member team from the Department of Social Welfare and Development

02:12has arrived in Yangon, Myanmar to provide psychological first aid.

02:17Kahapon nagpadala din tayo ng apat na team for psychosocial support.

02:21Sa Yangon naman sila.

02:22Sa Yangon sila assigned.

02:24Ang mission naman nila,

02:26to help yung mga Filipinos na suffering from psychosocial problems

02:30because of the effect ng earthquake.

02:32So support naman natin yun.

02:33I think yung embassy sa Yangon ang tumutulong sa kanila.

02:36Meanwhile, the search for two missing Filipinos in Mandalay, Myanmar is still active.

02:42The Department of Migrant Workers assured to continue monitoring the condition of our OFWs

02:47affected by the strong earthquake.

02:50BN Manalo from the National TV Network for a New and Better Philippines.

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