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MANILA, Philippines 鈥� President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday instructed the Department of Health (DOH) to set up clinics and deploy medical teams to evacuation centers in the country in the aftermath of Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon.

No representative from the DOH was present during the Palace briefing, prompting Marcos to request that his instruction be forwarded to the agency.

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鈥淭hose in the evacuated areas will need to, kailangan meron silang clinic sa bawat evacuation center or at least may umiikot na medical team,鈥� the President said.

(Those in the evacuated areas will need to, they need to have a clinic in each evacuation center or at least a rotating medical team.)

鈥淐an we get that instruction out please. Tell the DOH that the evacuation centers, kailangan, lalo na yung mga bata, we have to give some medical kahit na yung mga [barangay health worker] lang nila muna hanggat makarating 鈥榶ung doktor don,鈥� he added.

(Tell the DOH that the evacuation centers, it鈥檚 necessary, especially the children, we have to give some medical care even if it鈥檚 just their barangay health workers first until the doctor arrives.)

According to the chief executive, the team will be tasked to assess the safety of everybody by conducting a triage.

鈥淭he long-term problem usually in instances such as this is medication so that鈥檚 another thing we have to prepare with鈥� The medicines I鈥檓 talking about, the obvious ones, when you have a fever. But the other medicines are the maintenance medicines of the seniors because they were cut off from their supply but that requires a prescription from a doctor. We cannot just buy statins and send them all to those who are in need. We have to get a doctor to prescribe so that what we are doing is right.)

Carina exited the Philippine area of responsibility at 6:20 a.m. on Thursday after causing downpours and widespread flooding in many parts of the country, including Metro Manila.