Today, delegates from the Canadian Red Cross were deployed with the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU) to provide health care to those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. The team of twelve Canadian medical and support staff will join delegates from the Norwegian Red Cross and Hong Kong Red Cross to set up and run the field hospital, which can support the health needs of over 100,000 people through inpatient and out-patient services. The field hospital has previously provided health services in Haiti, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, and Mozambique.
Thanks to the support from the Government of Canada, the Canadian Red Cross is able to deploy trained medical and support professionals with the ERU during disasters and humanitarian crises.
The Canadian Red Cross is appealing for funds to help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Donations made by individual Canadians between November 8 and December 9, 2013 will be matched by the Government of Canada. Donations can be made online or by texting REDCROSS or ROUGE to 30333 to make an automatic $5 donation.
