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Patients camp out after tremor damages Digos hospital

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1X0SUpWT3ks?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur—Some 20 patients stayed in tents outside Sunga Hospital in Digos City, Davao del Sur after a powerful earthquake damaged parts of the building on Tuesday.</p><p>Some sections of the hospital, including the pedia ward, sustained damage from the 6.6-magnitude tremor.</p><p>73-year-old Pedro Burgos, who is looking after his 2-month old grandson, said he felt more safe camping outside.</p><p>The hospital management has yet to issue a statement on how long the patients will be staying in tents.</p><p>Digos City, which felt the tremor at intensity 7 that causes &quot;destructive&quot; shaking, was among the badly-affected areas in Mindanao.<strong>—Report from Berchan Louie Angchay, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur—Some 20 patients stayed in tents outside Sunga Hospital in Digos City, Davao del Sur after a powerful earthquake damaged parts of the building on Tuesday.</p>

DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur—Some 20 patients stayed in tents outside Sunga Hospital in Digos City, Davao del Sur after a powerful earthquake damaged parts of the building on Tuesday.