MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has conferred the Order of Lapu-Lapu to Philippine General Hospital (PGH) health workers who led the evacuation of patients and newborn babies as fire hit the facility last month.
Among the health workers who received the Order of Lapu-Lapu were Kathrina Bianca C. Macababbad, Esmeralda E. Ninto, Phoebe Rose C. Malabanan, and Jomar T. Mallari, nurses of PGH’s neonatal intensive care unit (Nicu), official photos from Malacaang released Thursday showed.
At least 16 newborn babies were said to have been transferred from PGH’s Nicu to other hospitals in Manila City following the fire.
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