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In the typhoon-stricken Philippines, a Burlington woman is helping to provide medical care and ensure newborns arrive safely. <\/p>\n
Family physician Lynda Redwood-Campbell is leading a Red Cross team in the coastal city of Ormoc. <\/p>\n
There are a lot of women delivering babies. Its extremely busy and 90-95 per cent of the people do not have a roof over their heads, she said. For most of them, its a very tough time at Christmas time. <\/p>\n
Redwood-Campbell is a team leader with an Emergency Response Unit that includes Canadian, Norwegian and Hong Kong Red Cross groups. <\/p>\n
My role is to ensure the team is doing the work that needs to be done, she said during a recent telephone interview from the Philippines. <\/p>\n
The Burlington resident said the team has aided many women in delivering their babies and has helped a lot of children. <\/p>\n
There was the seven-year-old who contracted potentially-fatal tetanus after stepping on a piece of metal. <\/p>\n
Every day, he got a bit better. We gave him medication, said Redwood-Campbell. The good news is that just a few days ago, he walked home. <\/p>\n
The team has been helping at a 100-bed hospital reduced to 20 per cent capacity by Typhoon Haiyan. <\/p>\n
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