After two weeks of providing simple and nutritious "arroz caldo" (porridge) to evacuees in areas affected by typhoon "Ondoy" (int'l name: Parma), the Magical Mystery Gang switched to another gear and organised a medical mission. With the participation of pediatricians and other doctors from the Makati Medical Center, a triage team from Lifeline and several volunteers to assist in the makeshift pharmacy and crowd control, the team was able to attend to the medical needs of about 500 displaced residents at Sitio Panghulo, Tatay Rizal.
This community in on the border of the municipalities of Pasig and Taytay. It is also only several kilometres away from Laguna de Bay. A makeshift medical tent was set up in Block 60 of the community. The water was ankle deep only a few metres from the edge of the makeshift pharmacy. The overflowing waters was lapping behind the house that served as our dispensing station. Just off the side streets makeshift footbridges snaked out to the rest of the neighborhood due to stubborn, rakish water that would not recede due to the swollen Laguna de Bay - seventeen (17) days after typhoon "Ondoy" whipped through Metro Manila.
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