Dumaguete City now has an emergency medical service and resuce twam that is on call 24/7. The Oriental Negros Rescue ( One Rescue-EMS, Inc.) formally launched the round-the-clock service last Thursday with a demonstration at the Foundation University’s Sofia Soller-Cinco Hall.

Jose Riodil Montebon, One Rescue EMS president, said this group patterned after Cebu City’s Emergency Rescue unit Foundation, which also helped in laying the groundwork for One Rescue EMS organization.

Montebon said that with the help of several businessmen, educators and medical practitioners, they were able to train 40 volunteers comprising two teams of emergency medical technicians. Emergency cases may avail of One Rescue EMT’s services for free, said Dr. Kenneth Coo, chairman of OREMT medical group. But for the non-emergencies, they have an agreement with hospitals that they be replenished for whatever supplies they use, he said.

One Rescue EMS temporarily has its base at the Foundation University main campus, while it has a classroom for training at the Lee Super Plaza. The incorporators of One Rescue EMS are Montebon, Fr. Enrique Balongag, Arthur Chua, Danah Fortunato, William Jacobson, Victor Vicente Sinco, Dr. Kenneth Coo, Dr. Felix Sy, Roy Cang, Edward Uy and Conrad Yulo.