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Posted November 27, 2013 by Global Administrator
The Canadian Red Cross field hospital has delivered more than 50 babies and performed 24 surgeries, including several caesarian sections, since it opened last week. Pictured above, Mark Joseph Nuez, 21, visits with his wife Phoebe, also 21, and h...
Posted November 25, 2013 by Global Administrator
The Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU) in Ormoc, Philippines opened to treat its first patients last week. The field hospital has been set up in front of the local hospital which suffered extensive damage as a result of the typhoon ...
Posted November 20, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. SOMALIA: Thousands of people in northeast Puntland, Somalia are coming to grips with the effects of the cyclone that hit the area between N...
Posted November 19, 2013 by Global Administrator
Tamara Bournival is among the delegates currently deployed in the Philippines to support the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU) field hospital. Tamara is the perfect person to have in charge of medical logistics on this mission t...
Posted November 16, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
As the Canadian Red Cross team is busy making arrangements to set up its field hospital (ERU) in Tacloban, Philippines to provide health care for people affected by the typhoon, we wanted to share this update from Jose Garcia-Lozano, a Canadian Red C...
Posted November 14, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
A lot can happen in a short amount of time. That was certainly the case this week for Sandra Damota, who has deployed with the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU) to assist in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. It was Monday at 6 p....
Posted November 14, 2013 by Global Administrator
The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. Syria: Last week, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent confirmed nine more deaths among their aid workers, bringing the number of Red Crescent work...
Posted November 13, 2013 by Global Administrator
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 deleg...
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