Medical Mission at Kinablangan and Ban-ao

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Med mission last December 18-19, 2012 in Kinablangan and Ban-ao was sponsored by Tzu Chi Foundation Zamboanga.  The med mission catered to more or less 600 patients.  The Tzu Chi doctors did check up, cleaned/stitched wounds, injected TT, and helped 5 babies from severe dehydration.

leah valle
a 4-year-old boy patiently waits for his mom to come back with meds for him
typhoon bopha aftermath
the girl did not realize that her finger got cut off during the typhoon. All the while thinking it just got infected until the Tzu Chi doctors treated her.
the old woman's husband patiently stands at the back while his wife is waiting to be treated. I wonder what he is thinking knowing his wife (the lady on the right), compared to the lady on the left, bears a larger, graver open wound on the head.
the old woman’s husband patiently stands at the back while his wife is waiting to be treated. I wonder what he is thinking knowing his wife (the lady on the right), compared to the lady on the left, bears a larger, graver open wound on the head.
Typhoon Bopha aftermath
most of patients in the med mission that has open gaping wounds in the head are women in their 50’s and 60’s

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