Philippines Red Cross Ready to Help Devotees
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said Monday it attended to at least 256 ailing devotees during the Black Nazarene feast and procession from the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park to Quiapo.
PRC Secretary General Gwendolyn Pang said as of 6 p.m., 101 devotees with minor injuries had been treated and 138 others had their blood pressure taken.
She said minor cases varied from wound injuries, exhaustion, fainting, dizziness, chest pain, seizure, dehydration to blood pressure taking.
Pang also said PRC Emergency Rescue Units (ERUs) transported 17 devotees to Ospital ng Maynila, Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and University of Santo Tomas (UST) Hospital.
A total of 350 PRC staff and volunteers with 19 ambulances were deployed in various posits of Manila to render first aid to injured devotees during the Black Nazarene procession.
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