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Dr. Edwin Pasumbal of St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) had just begun his three-month stint at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Alabang, Muntinlupa City as an infectious diseases fellow when the first cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) were brought to RITM in March.
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Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong are the best prepared in Asia to deal with the mystery flu-like virus that has claimed over a hundred lives worldwide, the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) survey said.

The Philippines ranked a mediocre seventh among 12 Asian countries on their capability to deal with any outbreak of disease.
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Dr. Edwin Pasumbal of St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) had just begun his three-month stint at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Alabang, Muntinlupa City as an infectious diseases fellow when the first cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) were brought to RITM in March.
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Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong are the best prepared in Asia to deal with the mystery flu-like virus that has claimed over a hundred lives worldwide, the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) survey said.

The Philippines ranked a mediocre seventh among 12 Asian countries on their capability to deal with any outbreak of disease.
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