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(b. 3 Dec. 1869/d.
20 Feb. 1919)
The doctor who would go on to become a Pampanga governor
and the first Kapampangan senator was born to Emigdio Liongson and Eulalia
Tongio. After earning his Bachelor of Arts from Letran, he sailed to Spain in
1889 to study medicine at the Universidad Central de Madrid,. There, he obtained
his degree in Medicine and Surgery 1894, and his doctorate the next year. He
further trained in different Paris hospitals like the renowned Pasteur
Institute. Exposed to Filipino propagandists in Spain, he began to take
interest in the country’s current state and future. He returned to the
Philippines with his Spanish wife, Ma. Doloroes Alonso in late 1895. When the Revolution broke, Dr. Liongson joined the Katipunan as a doctor with the
rank of a captain. With the coming of Americans, he continued his fight for the
country, becoming one of the founding fathers of the Nacionalista Party. In
1912, he ran for the governorship of Pampanga and won. His term was marked with
peace and prosperity. The highlight of his political career was his election as
the first Kapampangan senator in 1916.
DR. GREGORIO T. SIÑGIAN, San Fernando
(b. 9 May 1872/d.
29 Jan. 1937 )
Born to Cristino and Angela Torres, the young Gregorio
went to a private school in San Fernando, then finished high school at Colegio
de San Juan de Letran. He took up Medicine at the University of Sto. Tomas in
March 1896. In 1907, Dr. Singian was appointed as the first Filipino associate
professor of surgery in the Philippine Medical School, which later became the
U.P. College of Medicine. He gained renown as a surgeon, so much so that he was
known as “mago de bisturi” (wizard of the scalpel), earning him the title of
“Father of Philippine Surgery”. He
became the Director of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in 1920 and founded the
Philippine College of Surgeons in 1936.
(b. 19 Jul.
1872/d.19 ?)
The Letran graduate, son of Antonio and Luisa Hizon,
proceeded to the University of Sto. Tomas to pursue Medicine which he finished
in 1895. The next year, he went to Barcelona,
Spain for advanced studies. He finished his doctorate in Medicine in 1901.
Returning to the Philippines in 1902, he put up a private practice in Mexico where
he became the town’s ‘doctor de sanidad’.
Dr. Panlilio moved to San Fernando permanently in 1906, and became a
physician for the Manila Railroad Co. until 1925. He also forayed into business
and politics, becoming a director of PASUDECO as well as a 2-term councilor of the capital town. He
married the patriot Nicolas Dayrit.
(b. 25 July 1876/d.
23 July 1941)
This distinguished physician, surgeon and public health
pioneer was born to Justino and Andrea Puno of Bacolor. After the Revolution
where he served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, he went to the
University of Santo Tomas where he finished a degree in medicine in 1905. While still in school, he married Antonio
Jacinto in 1900. He served as president of the Municipal Board of Health of
Arayat, Pampanga, then assigned to assigned to Negros Oriental, Pangasinan and
Mindanao as district health officer. As deputy in the Philippine Assembly
(1909-12), he authored the Fajardo Bill
in 1912, that was the basis for the organization and efficient administration of
public health services in the country. Dr. Fajardo was appointed Director of
Bureau of Health (now DOH) in 1924. He was the first Filipino doctor to receive
a Rockefeller grant that allowed him to travel to the USA and Europe, as part
of his public health research.
(b. 1 Jun. 1880/
d. 1954)
Born to Serapio and Epifania del Rosario, Dr. Simpao was
schooled in Letran in 1896, and proceeded to the U.P., and then to Asilo de
Huerfanos in Malabon in 1898. During the Revolution, he served as 1st
lieutenant of Gen. Tomas Mascardo. After
the war, he enrolled at UST for his medical licentiate in 1909. As a doctor, he
joined the Bureau of Sanitation, and appointed medico provincial of La Union, Pangasinan, Leyte (where he founded
its provincial hospital), Cavite and Sorsogon. He also worked as a volunteer
doctor at the San Lazaro Hospital during the cholera epidemic in Manila. The
multi-facetted physician, who was also a poet-playwright, wrote for several papers like “E Mangabiran”,
“Ing Balen”, “Ing Catimawan”, “El Ideal” and “El Renacimiento”. From 1910-12,
Dr. Simpao served as the Mayor of Guagua. During his term, the school central,
the market, and the Pampanga Pavilion for the 1909 Manila Carnival were all
built under his supervision. He was one of the founders of Pampanga’s Nacionalista
Party. Dr. Simpao ran for the governorship of Pampanga but
was beaten by another doctor--Francisco Liongson.
(b. 23 Nov. 1881/
d.19? )
The child of Eugenio and Patricia Nuqui, he went to
Colegio de Letran for his high school years (1895-98), and then to the
University of Sto. Tomas (1901-05) for his medical course. Dr. Puno had his own
private practice in Candaba and Guagua, and became the president of the
Sanitary Division of Guagua, Bacolor and Sta. Rita. Married to Beatriz Concepcion,
Dr. Puno was a member of the Colegio Medico Farmaceutico de Filipinas and the
Pampanga Medical Association.
(b. 6 Nov. 1884/d.
19? )
This medico cirujano from Apalit, born to Joaquin and
Florencia Sioco, attended Letran before enrolling at the Colegio de Farmacia y
Medicina, of the UST from 1901-07. He taught English, Physiology and Hygiene at
the Instituto de Burgos in 1907. He then practiced in Candaba until 1914,
before joining the government service beginning in 1914 to 1928. During this period, he became the district
health officer of San Luis, Candaba, Arayat, Apalit and San Simon. He was also
assigned in La Union, the Rizal, Cavite
and Bataan. Dr. Gonzalez then returned to serve Pampanga from
1919-1927. He is also an active member
of several associations of scientific history in America and the Philippines.
(b. 19 June 1886/
d. 1 Jun. 1968)
Dr. Gervacio Santos-Cuyugan, born to Florencio and Juana
Cuyugan, became a U.S. government scholar after his studies at Liceo de Manila.
As a pensionado, he and hs contemporary, Jose Abad Santos, was sent to the
University of Illinois to take up Medicine from 1905-1910. Upon his return, he
started as a Junior Health Inspector at the Bureau of health in 1911, and worked
his way up to become a Senior Surgeon at the Philippine General Hospital. In
1913, he taught Surgery at the University of the Philippines. In 1918, Dr.
Santos-Cuyugan became a Major and Adjutant of the Surgeon General of the
National Guard. The next year, he went into private practice after his marriage
to Jacinta Belza. He was later appointed Director of the Tayabas General
Hospital. His daughter is the opera
singer, Fides Cuyugan.
(b. 9 Jul. 1887/
d. 19? )
The young Abelardo was sent to
the Ateneo de Manila by his parents, Arcadio and Manuela Ocampo, where he earned
a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1901. He finished
Medicine at the University of Sto. Tomas in 1914, went into private practice,
then became a resident physician at SanJuan de Dios Hospital from 1921-25. Dr.
Lansang dabbled in politics and was elected as a town councilor. His wife,
Efigenia Lansang, bore him 5 children.
SOURCES:
NINU'T NINU QNG CAPAMPANGAN, 1934, Fajardo & Kabigting
www.viewsfromthpampang.blogspot.com
SOURCES:
NINU'T NINU QNG CAPAMPANGAN, 1934, Fajardo & Kabigting
www.viewsfromthpampang.blogspot.com
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