Operation Pacific Angel 13-1 Reaches Out to Typhoon, Quake Victims

From the Negros Daily Bulletin (Mar 7): Operation Pacific Angel 13-1 Reaches Out to Typhoon, Quake Victims

Some 500 indigent residents and victims of Typhoon Sendong and 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Negros Oriental, were served daily in two days outreach services of Operation Pacific Angel 13-1, simultaneously conducted at Macias Gym in Dumaguete City and Osmeña Park in Tanjay City, all in Negros Oriental, March 4-6, 2013.

The health services include primary health care, optometry, dental services, physical therapy, ECG and circumcision. For eye care patients, the Pacific Angel also distributed free eye glasses to the patients.

Also, the engineering civic action program is ongoing at the three elementary schools in the province: Bio-os Elementary School in Amlan and Pamplona Central Elementary School in Poblacion, Pamplona.

Negros Oriental Governor Roel R. Degamo warmly welcomed the U.S. Air Force Pacific Command and the contingents from the AFP participating in the medical mission. He thanked the AFP for selecting the province as beneficiary of the humanitarian mission.

Col. Francisco Patrimonio, Commander of the Army’s 302nd Brigade and Exercise Director of the activity appreciated the U.S. Pacific Command for selecting his area as beneficiary of this mission. He also expressed gratitude to the provincial government for extending support to this project.

Operation Pacific Angel is a joint endeavor of AFP-US Humanitarian Civic Action/Civil Military Operation activities dubbed as "Pacific Angel 13-1." The objective of this exercise is to enhance the response capability of the AFP and stakeholders during disasters and calamities.

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