{"id":1309,"date":"2020-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2020-06-12T14:30:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:30:15","slug":"dr-raul-diaz-jara-cardiologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1309","title":{"rendered":"Dr Raul Diaz Jara, Cardiologist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Raul_Diaz_Jara.jpg?w=810\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Dr. Raul Jara, acknowledged as a pillar of cardiology in the Philippines, was also described by the Philippine Heart Association as a \u201cfather, teacher, mentor, poet, author, singer, colleague, friend.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>He is remembered by patients as a soothing and calming healer who used music to heal the heart. In his younger days as an activist physician, he fought the dictator Ferdinand Marcos and risked his life by treating patients in the underground movement, running rings around the military by faking the names and records of the activists he treated. Later in life, he would remain steadfast and true to his oath, joining a group of doctors attending to an aging martial law figure who had been on the opposite end of the ideological spectrum.\n<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Dr. Ling Jara-Salva, one of Dr. Jara\u2019s five children, said: \u201cHe dedicated his whole life to constant learning and teaching and molding future doctors. He would ask the tough questions and push you to learn and persevere. He believed in his students and would think of them as his children and the hope for the future generations.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Her father, she said, was \u201ca tower of strength and leadership and he served as the head of our family and a beacon of hope for many in the midst of this crisis. He knew the extensive battle he was facing and he kept on fighting.\u201d She said the family would rather have her father remembered, not by how he died, but by how he lived.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\">University of the Philippines<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Raul Jara, acknowledged as a pillar of cardiology in the Philippines, was also described by the Philippine Heart Association as a \u201cfather, teacher, mentor, poet, author, singer, colleague, friend.\u201d He is remembered by patients as a soothing and calming healer who used music to heal the heart. In his younger days as an activist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[48,20,7019],"tags":[133,6483,686,563,6484,130],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Raul_Diaz_Jara.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9061,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=9061","url_meta":{"origin":1309,"position":0},"title":"Jorge Elias Hernandez Jara, Internal Medicine specialist","date":"April 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Jorge Elias Hernandez Jara \u2013 an Internal Medicine specialist at Hospital de especialidades ISSEMYM Ecatepec, Ecatepec, Mexico \u2013 passed away after suffering from COVID-19. 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