MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 3 (PIA) --- The Office on Civil Defense in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OCD-ARMM) received recently 177 cartons of assorted medicines from the Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association of the Philippines (PHAP).
The assorted medicines were personally delivered by PHAP Managing Director Edgar Posadas who disclosed that the medicines came from the 38 pharmaceutical partners of PHAP.
With the advocacy "Reaching Out, Giving Hope, Touching Lives," PHAP hopes to help the people in ARMM through the assorted medicines.
Posadas said the turn-over of medicines is just a preliminary support from PHAP and that their foundation is prepared to help ARMM in its medical missions through augmentation of medical personnel.
For his part, OCD-ARMM executive Director Retired General Manuel Ochotorina said the medicines from PHAP will be a big help for ARMM constituents especially those who cannot afford to buy medicines.
According to him, OCD-ARMM will turn-over the assorted medicines to the ARMM HEART (Humanitarian Emergency Action and Response Team) for their medical missions and relief operations. (BPI-ARMM/PIA-10)
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