PH Consulate General in Xiamen Conducts Medical Consultations, Sends Care Packages to 29 Stranded Filseafarers

Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen led by Acting Head of Post Elaine Mae V. Laruan-Hernandez and Mr. Dennis Marnilego (ATN Officer) with Dr. Christopher Hemady as the Consulate General’s partner in Medical Programs (in Blue Polo Shirt) provide online Medical Consultations for the stranded Filipino seafarers in Dongshan County, Zhangzhou City. (Xiamen PCG photo)

XIAMEN 11 October  2021 — The Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen, with the assistance of a Filipino doctor, Dr. Christopher Hemady, conducted online medical consultations with the 29 stranded Filipino seafarers aboard Hanrong 362, 366 and 369 in Dongshan County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province amid the continued restrictions on disembarking seafarers in China brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 08 October 2021, the Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen, sent needed medicines and care packages to the stranded seafarers. They will receive the packages on 12 October 2021, when their Chinese handlers will distribute the said goods by boat. END

Philippine Consulate General’s ATN Team preparing the Care Packages for the stranded Filipino seafarers in Dongshan County, Zhangzhou City. (Xiamen PCG photo)

For more information, visit https://www.xiamenpcg.dfa.gov.ph.