Hospitals overwhelmed after deadly earthquake hits the Philippines

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to at least 69 on Wednesday, a disaster official said, with scores of injured patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu. Thirty people were killed in Bogo, the official from civil defence office said. In other municipalities near the quake's epicentre, 22 were killed in San Remigio, 10 in Medellin, five in Tabogon and one each in Sogod and Tabuelan, he said.

The Bogo hospital put the number of injured at 186 so far. The Cebu provincial government has put out a call on its official Facebook page for medical volunteers to assist in the quake's aftermath. President Ferdinand Marcos pledged swift aid for victims.