{"id":662,"date":"2020-05-04T05:47:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T05:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=662"},"modified":"2020-06-12T14:32:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:32:57","slug":"dr-francisco-avelino-siy-lukban-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Dr Francisco Avelino Siy Lukban, Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. Francisco Lukban, Cardiologist; Pix credit Inquirer.net<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Francisco Lukban was a noted geriatric cardiologist and a brilliant academician, according to the social media post of UP Manila\u2019s Office of the Chancellor announcing his demise on March 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always wanting to serve his fellowmen, he was much loved by his elderly patients at the Capitol Medical Center. Like many of the UP doctors of his generation, Dr. Kiko was a courageous activist, especially during the Martial Law days. \u201cKiko was not afraid to die\u2026 and would have loved to volunteer as a frontline physician in PGH in these trying times,\u201d the UP Manila statement said. His wife, Riz, a pediatric neurologist and also a UP College of Medicine graduate, said Dr. Kiko, on the day he was swabbed for testing, expressed his desire to join the heroic young PGH interns who had volunteered to the frontline against COVID-19. Tragically, it was too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a tribute, Riz Lukban said Dr. Kiko \u201chad gone ahead of us because he believes he has a better chance of fighting COVID by being a \u2018frontliner\u2019 in heaven, giving supplication for us left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of the Philippines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Francisco Lukban was a noted geriatric cardiologist and a brilliant academician, according to the social media post of UP Manila\u2019s Office of the Chancellor announcing his demise on March 25. Always wanting to serve his fellowmen, he was much loved by his elderly patients at the Capitol Medical Center. 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