List of Filipino doctors who died while serving during the coronavirus pandemic (Names still being updated…)
(Photo by Aaron Favila/Assocated Press)
20 March – Dr Henry Fernandez – Doctor from Bayambang Town in Pangansinan Province
21 March – Dr Israel Bactol – Philippine Heart Center fellow
21 March – Dr Rose Pulido – Oncologist at San Juan de Dios Hospital in Pasay
22 March – Dr Gregorio Macasaet III – Anesthesiologist at Manila Doctor’s Hospital
24 March – Dr Raul Jara – Top Philippine cardiologist and internist
24 March – Dr Marcel Jaochico – Pampanga provincial health chief
25 March – Dr Francisco Siy Lukban – Geriatric cardiologist at the Philippine General Hospital
26 March – Dr Sally Gatchalian – Philippine Pediatric Society president
*26 March – Dr Raquel Seva – Obstetrician and gynecologist at a hospital in Laguna – Earlier reported as COVID-19 fatality but later tested negative according to her employer
28 March – Dr Helen Tudtud – Pathologist at Vicente Sotto Hospital in Cebu
*29 March – Dr Cenover Nicandro Bautista – Mandaluyong City Medical Center – Died during medivac operation at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
30 March – Dr. Janette Dancel Liban – National Kidney and Transplant Institute
31 March – Dr Leandro Resurrecion III – Head of Pediatric Division PCMC
31 March – Dr Dennis Tudtud – Oncologist at Vicente Sotto Hospital in Cebu
31 March – Dr. Marcellano Cruz – East Avenue Medical Center/Ospital ng Maynila
XX March – Dr Hector Alvarez – Novaliches District Hospital
4 April – Dr Raldy Goco – St Luke’s Hospital – Department of Nuclear Medicine
6 April – Dr Mary Grace Lim – Asian Hospital and Medical Center
6 April – Dr Dino-Ezra Hailil – Ateneo de Zamboanga School of Medicine
11 April – Dr Ephraim Neil Orteza – Pediatrician at Ospital ng Paranaque
19 April – Dr Wilbur Jan Robert Demafiles – Manila Doctor’s Hospital physician
7 July – Dr Reino Palacpac – Pediatrician from Justice Jose Abad Santos hospital
10 July – Dr Regina Uy-Alegado – De La Salle University Medical Center
23 August – Dr Kathlynne Abat Senen – UPCM/PGH infectious diseases expert
Filipino doctors who served abroad (Still updating…)
22 April – Dr Arthur Tayengco – OB-GYN in Las Vegas, USA
17 June – Dr Manuel Bellosillo – Seventh-day Adventist missionary doctor (Died in Cameroon)
Nurses
*29 March – Conrado Tomeldan – Died during a medivac plane crash at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
1 April – Arvin Pascual – Served as a nurse at a hospital in Nueva Ecija
(As of Thursday, August 23, 2020)
TIMELINE – HOW THE CORONAVIRUS INFECTION SPREAD IN THE PHILIPPINES
(As of Friday, April 10, 2020)
YEAR 2019
31 December – China informs WHO about a cluster of mysterious pneumonia cases
YEAR 2020
04 January – Alarms raised as pneumonia outbreak infects dozens in China
11 January – China records its first coronavirus death
13 January – Thailand reports first coronavirus case outside of China
20 January – China confirms human-to-human transmission of coronavirus
23 January – China locks down Wuhan; later expands order covering Hubei Province
29 January – Duterte: No ban on flights to and from China
29 January – Health chief warns of diplomatic repercussion of ban on tourists from China
30 January – WHO declares coronavirus a global emergency
30 January – First case of coronavirus reported in the Philippines
31 January – Duterte’s issues flight ban, but order limited to Wuhan; VP calls for total ban
02 February – Philippines reports first coronavirus death – the first in the world
10 February – Duterte: I will ‘slap’ that ‘idiot’ coronavirus; gov’t ‘on top of the threat’
09 March – Amid coronavirus threat, Duterte says he is ‘ready to die’
12 March – Duterte announces lockdown of Metro Manila starting 15 March
13 March – Duterte tests negative of coronavirus
15 March – Chaos in Manila as lockdown takes effect
17 March – Duterte expands lockdown whole Luzon; other cities impose local quarantine
19 March – Philippine health secretary goes into self-quarantine after possible exposure
22 March – Duterte asks for Congress for special powers
25 March – Duterte signs law giving him special powers amid the coronavirus crisis
07 April – Duterte extends the lockdown of Luzon until April 30
Ted Regencia Reports 