ZAMBOANGA CITY: A surgical mission composed of a group of doctors from the University of the Philippines and Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) arrived in the southern province of Sulu, a local doctor said.

Doctor Raden Ikbala said the doctors arrived over the weekend on a Philippine Air Force C130 transport plane and bringing along with them their state-of-the-art surgical instruments. “They are all volunteers and would not be receiving any pecuniary compensation,” he said.

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