USNS hospital ship Mercy at the Subic Bay, 4 August 2015. SBMA PHOTO
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- Some 50 members of the US Navy Pacific Partnership team have arrived in Pangasinan for a series of humanitarian and civic mission to be conducted in various areas of the province lasting up to August 12.
Their initial activities include attending a flag-raising ceremony at the Capitol Plaza to be followed by a press conference at the Urduja House and a coordination briefing with rural sanitary inspectors and health program managers and coordinators.
A veterinary medical mission will also be held in 10 barangays of Lingayen town alongside an expert exchange coordination meeting for humanitarian and disaster relief.
Fellowship night to be led by Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. with Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr., members of the provincial board, department heads, and chiefs of hospitals has been arranged for them.
Continuation of the hospital engagement activity will be held in the morning of August 11 followed by a symposium on public health diseases in the afternoon.
This will focus on various diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy, leptospirosis, and dengue.
Simultaneous activities have been set for environmental sanitation inspection among identified business establishments.
Veterinary medical mission will be held in 10 barangays of San Carlos City; there will also be mobile blood donation, TB "Suyod" in Bayambang town, and the continuation of previous hospital engagement.
Pre-surgical screening forum will also be held in preparation for the scheduled Operation Smile intended for patients with cleft palate.
Activities for August 12 include a regional animal disease diagnostic laboratory, demonstration and rapid rabies detection test, and demonstration of chemical castration in dogs with zeuterin.
Under the US Navy Pacific Partnership program, the hospital ship USN Ship Mercy and support vessel USN Ship Millinocket are main components of the operation, said Lt. Commander Timothy Pietrack, the mission’s public affairs officer.
Pacific Partnership 2015 is said to be the largest annual multilateral humanitarian-assistance and disaster-relief preparedness mission in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
The team has initially conducted a two-day Basic Life Support Training at Subic Bay, Olongapo City on August 5 and 6 joined in by the Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) medical team and hospital teams.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/115747/us-navy-men-in-pacific-partnership-mission-arrive
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