- Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation will build a five-room training center at the North Reclamation Area in Cebu City
- The facility will provide training for community emergency medical and pre-hospital care and rescue and rehabilitation services
To help train emergency responders, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) donated P1.58 million to the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation (ERUF) for the construction of its five-room training center at the North Reclamation Area, Cebu City.
Calling the people of ERUF “angels”, RAFI President Bobby Aboitiz said RAFI would gladly help the foundation, which “has been making miracles for the last 29 years.”
“This is another one of the steps towards creating a better community. This (donation) is not the only time. Whenever we can (donate to ERUF), we will,” he told ERUF officials who accepted the check last August 11.
ERUF said the center would provide training for emergency medical and prehospital care and rescue and rehabilitation services to the needs of the community.
RAFI Chief Operating Officer Dominica B. Chua said RAFI is also outfitting a Hino truck to serve as ERUF’s mobile triage costing P1.91 million. She praised the foundation for being a reliable intervener in terms of emergency and that climate change now being the new normal, everyone should help equip ERUF.
According to the Memorandum of Agreement between the two foundations, the training center “will develop, professionalize and standardize the provision of prehospital emergency care for patients needing treatment.”