The medical staff of the hospital at the Mactan Air Base in Lapu-Lapu City has so far treated at least 472 patients from supertyphoon Yolanda-ravaged Tacloban City and other typhoon survivors from Eastern Visayas.

Col. Aurora Helen Natividad, the air base's hospital commanding officer, said they referred those with severe injuries to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City.

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