Confirmation of the new bishop
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| Mons. Mario Grech |
Sunday 22nd January was a red letter day for our branch. It was when Mons. Mario Grech was ordained Bishop of Gozo. As early as 6.30 in the morning Franco opened the Red Cross head office. Volunteers began to arrive minutes afterwards.
Both ambulances and emergency car hand been checked for everything including equipment the day before. At 7.30 am the volunteers (33 in total) assembled in the hall. An operational brief was delivered by Etienne. Volunteers were divided into teams. By 8.00am we left for the Cathedral. Soon we were putting up the first aid post and clinic. This was situated in the crafts museum. There we had equipment and stores to cater for more then a hundred people.
I was appointed as operation officer. It was my duty to see that all runs smoothly. I explained to the team leaders where their place was. In fact there were 3 teams in the Cathedral, 2 in the square and one team in the first and post/clinic. Apart from this, there were the ambulances and emergency car with their respective teams. As operation officer my place was on he bastions overlooking the square. Dr A Abela offered her assistance in case of need. Overall there were three casualties, one of which was transported home. Members of our youth Red Cross also came into action that day. 8 youths participated with the volunteers. They were allocated one with each team and 2 in the first aid post. Their job was to help the volunteers in the administration of the posts and to act as radio communicators.
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