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bismarkymark: World-renowned Filipina physician and national scientist Fe del Mundo died today at the age of 99. Regarded as a pillar in Philippine pediatrics, del Mundo is credited with studies that lead to the invention of an improved incubator and a jaundice relieving device. In 1980, President Ferdinand Marcos named del Mundo as a National Scientist of the Philippines, the first Filipino woman to be so-named.Among the international honors bestowed on del Mundo was the Elizabeth Blackwell Award for Outstanding Service to Mankind, handed in 1966 by Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and the citation as Outstanding Pediatrician and Humanitarian by the International Pediatric Association in 1977. Also in 1977, del Mundo was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service.On April 22, 2010, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo awarded del Mundo the Order of Lakandula with the rank of Bayani at the Malacañang Palace. Del Mundo enrolled at the University of the Philippines, Manila in 1926 and earned her medical degree in 1933, graduating as class valedictorian. She passed the medical board exam that same year, placing third among the examinees. Some sources cite del Mundo as the first woman ever enrolled in Harvard Medical School, or the first woman to be enrolled at Pediatrics at the school, or even the first Asian admitted to the Harvard Medical School. —- I had the privilege of seeing this rockstar during UPCM’s Centennial Celebration. She lived such a great life. Rest in peace now, ma’am. Salamat. Kung hindi dahil sayo, malamang hindi ako nabuhay. Seryoso.

bismarkymark:

World-renowned Filipina physician and national scientist Fe del Mundo died today at the age of 99.

Regarded as a pillar in Philippine pediatrics, del Mundo is credited with studies that lead to the invention of an improved incubator and a jaundice relieving device.

In 1980, President Ferdinand Marcos named del Mundo as a National Scientist of the Philippines, the first Filipino woman to be so-named.

Among the international honors bestowed on del Mundo was the Elizabeth Blackwell Award for Outstanding Service to Mankind, handed in 1966 by Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and the citation as Outstanding Pediatrician and Humanitarian by the International Pediatric Association in 1977. Also in 1977, del Mundo was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service.

On April 22, 2010, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo awarded del Mundo the Order of Lakandula with the rank of Bayani at the Malacañang Palace.

Del Mundo enrolled at the University of the Philippines, Manila in 1926 and earned her medical degree in 1933, graduating as class valedictorian. She passed the medical board exam that same year, placing third among the examinees. Some sources cite del Mundo as the first woman ever enrolled in Harvard Medical School, or the first woman to be enrolled at Pediatrics at the school, or even the first Asian admitted to the Harvard Medical School.

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I had the privilege of seeing this rockstar during UPCM’s Centennial Celebration. She lived such a great life. Rest in peace now, ma’am.

Salamat. Kung hindi dahil sayo, malamang hindi ako nabuhay. Seryoso.

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    One of my heroes. I really look up to her a lot. She invented or was part of inventing the incubator right?
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