Procession injuries hit 1,686
Filipino Catholic devotees help a devotee after the latter was able to touch and kiss the image of the Black Nazarene in an annual procession to celebrate its feast day Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of thousands of Filipino Catholics began a raucous religious procession in Manila Thursday to honor a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ in an annual event that organizers say was being held partly to pray for the victims of a monster typhoon that devastated the central Philippines last year. AP
MANILA, Philippines–The number of injured in the daylong Black Nazarene procession has breached the 1,000 mark, the Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday.
In its 6:00 p.m. report, the DOH said 1,686 patients were attended to at the 30 medical stations deployed around the procession route.
In Quezon Bridge, six patients were rushed to medical tents for first aid treatment including a woman who was rushed to hospital due to stroke.
DOH reported that patients suffered minor injuries.
As of posting time, the procession has now passed Castillejos Street.
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