09 July 2015 - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced the successful medical repatriation of Mr. Eddie C. Moralda, a Filipino who suffered a cardiac arrest while on a business trip to Beijing, People’s Republic of China. The repatriation was coordinated with the Philippine Embassy in Beijing.

Mr. Moralda was in comatose condition after his cardiac arrest and was nursed back to better health by the personnel of the Philippine Embassy in Beijing. He was subsequently discharged from the hospital after he regained consciousness and flown home to Manila last June 26.

The DFA dispatched a medical team headed by Department Physician Natividad M. Vizcarra to accompany Mr. Moralda on the commercial flight which brought him home. Officials from the Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare and Development received Mr. Moralda upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and escorted him to a medical facility to continue with his recovery. END