DOH-6 puts .5M families under stress debriefing

ILOILO CITY, Philippines – A total of 543,235 families, who were victims of typhoon Yolanda are placed under psycho-social processing by the Department of Health-6.

DOH-6 director Marlyn Convocar said the target beneficiaries are typhoon victims, temporarily staying in 580 evacuation centers in Western Visayas and those who sought temporary shelter in their relatives and neighbors, who are under the masterlist of the DSWD-6.

DSWD-6’s record shows that, as of Nov. 19, there are about 37,256 families or 188,770 individuals temporarily staying at the evacuation centers, and 505,979 families or 2,365,588 individuals who have taken refuge in the houses of their relatives and friends.

Convocar said the DOH-6 will be tapping the help of public teachers in the conduct of stress management or debriefing.

She said they have done the same process in Bohol during the recent earthquake and that this practice was also applicable here in the region particularly in the four hardly-hit provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan and Antique. (FREEMAN)