Philippines – Page 4

1Apr

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Janette Dancel-Liban, Physician

Janette Dancel-Liban – a Physician at FEU-NRMF Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines – passed away on 31 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Dr. Janette Dancel-Liban, connected with the FEU-NRMF Medical Center and the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, was the latest casualty. A friend who knew her posted on Facebook. “She was attending to a number of COVID-19 patients until she too was confined and brought to the ICU last Saturday. She passed away this evening. She’s our hero. An active Methodist, we will miss her,” the post by Lenora May Ancla-Abag on the Bangon Batangas FB forum read. This was confirmed by other doctors who knew her and posted their reactions upon hearing the news. Source: Manila Standard Please help us ...

30Mar

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Hector Alvarez, Physician

Hector Alvarez – a Physician at Novaliches District Hospital, Novaliches, Philippines– passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on March 30, 2020. Source: UCA News Please help us in adding details.

Joel Carpio Mendoza, Nuclear Medicine Physician

29Mar

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Joel Carpio Mendoza, Nuclear Medicine Physician

Joel Carpio Mendoza - a Nuclear Medicine Physician at The Medical City Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 29 March, 2020. Dr. Joel Carpio Mendoza was a nuclear medicine physician at The Medical City Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. He was also a nuclear medicine and PET/CT consultant at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute East Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines. A medical school classmate, Niña Medina Gonzalez, remembered him as quiet student. "He was never much of a talker but was always dependable during duties, preceptorials," she said in a post on Facebook. "He was very hardworking and intelligent, selflessly brought his own printer for everyone to use a...

Dr. Salvacion Rodriguez-Gatchalian, Pediatrician

27Mar

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Dr. Salvacion Rodriguez-Gatchalian, Pediatrician

Dr. Salvacion Rodriguez-Gatchalian, a pillar of the Philippines’ Pediatric Infectious Disease medicine and a champion of children’s health had fallen in the battle against the deadly coronavirus, on March 26. Gatchalian was the president of the Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) that leads training of physicians on child health. She also served as the assistant director at the Research of Institute of Tropical Medicine that houses the country’s lone testing center for Covid-19. She too had been a fellow of Pediatric Infectious Disease for more than three decades. Gatchalian’s Facebook account was flooded with expressions of grief as her colleagues mourned the passing of a mentor to young researchers and doctors. A post remembered Gatchalian as a “great mentor and friend to many young...

27Mar

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Menggie Cobarrubias, actor

Domingo "Menggie" Cobarrubias –a Filipino actor who appeared in approximately 200 television shows and films – died on March 26, 2020 from Covid-19. Cobarrubias received a Gawad Urian Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1979 film Jaguar. He also won the Best Actor award in the 2014 QCinema International Film Festival for his performance in Mauban: Ang Resiko. Cobarrubias died on March 26, 2020 from complications of pneumonia. He was 66. Before his death, a coronavirus disease 2019 test was administered. On April 1, 2020, five days after his death, his test came back positive for the disease.

27Mar

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Ito Curata, fashion designer

Ito Curata –a Filipino fashion designer who specialized in conceptualizing bridal gowns and Filipiniana clothing – succumbed to Covid-19 on 26 March 2020. Among his notable clients were Hollywood actress Sharon Stone, former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and Filipino actress Bea Alonzo. Curata died on March 26, 2020 due to pneumonia, a complication from COVID-19 infection. He and his partner Miller were admitted to a hospital due to COVID-19 symptoms. Curata adopted a son with Miller in 2006.

Francisco Avelino Siy Lukban, Cardiologist

26Mar

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Francisco Avelino Siy Lukban, Cardiologist

Francisco Avelino SiyLukban – a Cardiologist in Metro Manila, Philippines – passed away on 25 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Francisco was 62 years old. Source: msn news Please help us in adding details.

25Mar

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Marcelo Jaochico, Health officer

Marcelo Jaochico – the Chief of Pampanga Pampanga Provincial Health Office, Philippines – passed away on 24 March 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Marcelo was 56 years old. Cielo Jaochico, Marcelo’s daughter, confirmed her father’s death. According to her, they received Marcelo’s COVID-19 test on the day of his death. "He experienced loss of appetite, fatigue, diarrhea, and shortness of breath. He was home quarantined. He underwent CBS test and the results are normal. He was given IV fluids while in his home in Pampanga until Sunday, March 15,” she disclosed. Source:Rappler Please help us in adding details.

Romeo Gregorio “Greg” Macasaet III, Anaesthesiologist

23Mar

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Romeo Gregorio “Greg” Macasaet III, Anaesthesiologist

Romeo Gregorio "Greg" Macasaet III – an Anesthesiologist at Manila Doctors Hospital, Manila, Philippines – passed away on 22 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Romeo was 62 years old. Manila Doctors Hospital honored him as a “brave man [and] one of the best anesthesiologists in the country.” “No words can convey the depth of our sadness as we lost not just a doctor but a friend, colleague, co-worker, father, and husband,” they said. The University of the Philippines-College of Medicine in Manila also mourned the “loss of a brave man who, along with other health workers, risked his life to save patients afflicted with COVID-19.” Source: Rappler Please help us in adding details.

22Mar

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Aileen Baviera, political scientist

Aileen San Pablo Baviera ‑ a Filipino political scientist and sinologist ‑ died of pneumonia caused by the COVID-19 at the San Lazaro Hospital, Manila. She contracted the disease on March 12, when she returned after participating in a security conference in Paris, France. She was one of two Filipino delegates - the other being Dr. Alan T. Ortiz - who were exposed to the disease at the conference and later succumbed to it. Baviera was the widow of Jorge Villegas Baviera, who died in 2018, and had three children. She was one of the leading China experts in her country. In October 1979, Baviera received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, cum laude at the University of the Philippines. As a student of modern Chinese history at th...