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	Philippines: Central Festival Phuket installs Life-Saving Automatic External Defibrillators
	Phuket: Central Festival Phuket has become the first Central shopping mall in Thailand to have Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for use in the treatment of heart attack victims. Motivated by the death of a patron about four months ago, Central Festival made the AEDs available in conjunction with a new medical bay operated by Phuket International Hospital which opened in the mall yesterday. “One of our customers had a heart attack after eating dinner in a restaurant in the mall,” said Central Festival Phuket General Manager Wilaiporn Pitimanaree.
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	Philippines: DOH: Hospitals in Super Typhoon Path on White Alert; Exec Gives Safety Tips
	Government hospitals in the path of an approaching potential super typhoon are now on white alert, a Department of Health official said late November 6 Wednesday. National Epidemiology Center head Dr. Enrique Tayag also gave safety tips for residents in areas that may be affected by Typhoon Haiyan. "Hospitals in Yolanda's path on white alert. Essential hospital personnel (are) on standby,"Tayag said on his Twitter account. The DOH said a Code White alert is adopted when there is a forecast cyclone or a national holiday. Under Code White, emergency service personnel at the hospital dorm shall be placed on call status while emergency medicine
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	Philippines: Village Execs Get Emergency Training
	Chairman Francis Tolentino of the Metro Manila Development Authority said new village executives will be trained on emergency response. He said the barangay’s disaster preparedness formed the frontline in dealing with calamities at the grassroots level. Most of the newly elected barangay officials have no experience on disaster and risk reduction management, he said. According to Tolentino, trained barangay officials would be the force multiplier of MMDA volunteers and personnel, he said. Tolentino said training is set to start in December, giving priority to villages located in low lying areas, near waterways and faultiness.
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	Philippines: NDRRMC Chief Admits: We're not Prepared for 'Yolanda' Damage
	Manila: A week after Super Typhoon Yolanda lashed the country, the executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) admitted that the government is unprepared for the scale of devastation left by this year's most powerful tropical cyclone. "We have a concrete system (on typhoon preparedness and response). Ang hindi lang natin napaghandaan ay 'yung ganitong magnitude. Napakalaki," Undersecretary Eduardo del Rosario said in a televised interview with reporters on Thursday November 14. Compared to previous incidents such as the Zamboanga City standoff, Del Rosario said Yolanda's devastation covers a bi
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	Philippines: Japanese Medical Team Begins Mission in Typhoon-Hit Philippines
	Tacloban: Japan’s emergency medical team has started full-fledged activities in Tacloban in the central area of the typhoon-hit Philippines. “The degree of damage is worse than we expected,” said Dr. Joji Tomioka, deputy head of Japan’s disaster relief team. “For a disaster of this scale, the whole of Japan has to provide assistance.” Treatment for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the city, located on the island of Leyte, has been disrupted by damage to medical institutions by the powerful typhoon. Overseas emergency medical teams have been slow to arrive at the remote location and concerns linger over
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Philippines: Central Festival Phuket installs Life-Saving Automatic External Defibrillators

Philippines: DOH: Hospitals in Super Typhoon Path on White Alert; Exec Gives Safety Tips

Philippines: Village Execs Get Emergency Training

Philippines: NDRRMC Chief Admits: We're not Prepared for 'Yolanda' Damage

Philippines: Japanese Medical Team Begins Mission in Typhoon-Hit Philippines

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