my new doctor-hero!

HER name is one those that we were required to memorize as an elementary student. Fe del Mundo -inventor of the incubator for new born babies. In college, I heard she was the founder of the Children's Hospital (I am not even sure if it was Philippine Children's or National Children's Hospital). My classmate told me that Fe del Mundo was her pediatrician. But I didn't give much of a thought about her until I read this article.

Well she only accomplished the following:

• class valedictorian, UP Med 1933
• was granted scholarship by then president Manuel L Quezon
• got into Harvard Medical School
• finished Master's degree in bacteriology
• set up a hospice in an internment camp during the Japanese invasion
• opened the first Children's Hospital in the Philippines
• published over a hundred articles, reviews, and reports in medical journals
• still made rounds to check on patients when she was wheelchair-bound at the age of 99!

Respect!