The Department of Health’s (DOH) office in Mimaropa (Region 4A) is using “Telemedicine” in assessing the health of people believed to have been exposed to residues of mine tailings left behind by the 1996 Marcopper mining disaster.
Head of Marinduque’s provincial health office, medical doctor Rachel Rowena Garcia, said in an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Tuesday that Telemedicine, or the use of telecommunications to diagnose and treat patients in remote areas, has been applied to residents of Mogpog and Boac in Marinduque.
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