After two weeks of extending medical relief to about two thousand residents in the City of  Bogo and  its neighboring municipalities, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday turned over its field hospital (mobile hospital) to two foreign non-government organizations - LandsAid, a German NGO and Workers' Samaritan Federation Austria (ASBÖ), an Austrian NGO.

The two NGO's will assume and take over the medical assistance that was extended by the Israeli medical crew.   

"The cooperation between LandsAid and ASBÖ has been agreed in consultation with the local authorities and the hospital to make sure the resulting gap in health care in the next few weeks,"  - LandsAid CEO Hans Musswessels 

The turnover of the mobile hospital was witnessed by Ambassador of Israel to the Philippines Menashe Bar On, Bogo City Mayor Celestino Martinez Jr., and IDF Col. Yoram Laredo.

According to the IDF blog, in over a time span of nearly two weeks, 2686 patients (848 were children) have been treated in the field hospital in Bogo City by IDF doctors.

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