Nazareno 2024: Live Updates for The Feast of Black Nazarene
Devotees of the Black Nazarene raise their hands in this file photo taken in 2020 during the holding of the hourly Holy Mass at the Quiapo Church. INQUIRER.net file photo
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Red Cross (PRC) first aid teams and assets are all set for Traslacion 2024.
The PRC said more than 1,000 trained first aiders will be deployed at the Quiapo Church and Quirino Grandstand from January 7-10 to cater to emergencies for this year’s Traslacion.
It also said that emergency response unit personnel and emergency medical teams will be deployed to 10 first aid stations and welfare desks that will be set up along the procession route.
“The PRC will set up an Emergency Field Hospital (EFH) near Kartilya ng Katipunan to augment the EFHs of the Department of Health and the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office,” the PRC said in a statement Saturday, noting that six teams of foot patrollers will also serve as mobile first-aiders.
The location of Philippine Red Cross first aid stations for Nazareno 2024. (Photo courtesy of PRC)
It added that 17 ambulance units, one fire truck, two rescue boats, and one amphibious vehicle will be deployed in the vicinity of the procession.
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Another 20 ambulance units in Regions 3 and 4A are also ready to be dispatched, according to PRC Secretary-General Gwen Pang.
“Every religious mass event in our country is important to us, and the safety of every Filipino who will attend these events is our top priority. The resumption of the traditional Traslacion this year will bring millions of Filipinos together,” PRC Chairman Richard “Dick” Gordon said in the same statement.
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“We will mobilize our volunteers from different chapters in NCR and Rizal province to accommodate the medical needs of devotees,” he added.
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna said Thursday that at least 2 million people are expected to join the Feast of the Black Nazarene, or the Nazareno 2024 event on Monday, January 9, as the traditional Traslacion would be resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.