Aquino’s wife Corazon challenged Marcos at the polls. The United States that supported Marcos pressured him to call for snap elections on February 7, 1986. Other sources said he allegedly revealed details of the Marcos’ kidney transplant operations.Īt the time, anti-Marcos protest rallies had intensified two years after the assassination (by pro government’s paramilitary escorts) of former Senator Benigno Aquino, an opposition leader, at the service stairway of the China Airlines plane on August 21, 1983, during his homecoming after three years of exile in the US. Potenciano Baccay - the assistant director of NKFP when it was established in 1981 - was found dead with several stab wounds in his body. Barry Kahan of the University of Texas Medical School and Organ Transplantation Centre performed a second kidney-transplant operation on Marcos (who suffered organ rejection) also at the NKFP in November 1984, said Ona. “I was a 43-year-old kidney transplant specialist then,” said Ona.ĭr. Edgar Milford of Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, initially performed a kidney transplant operation on Marcos at the National Kidney Foundation of the Philippines (NKFP), now called National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) in suburban Quezon City in August 1983, former health secretary Dr. Baird Helfirch of Georgetown University in Washington D.C. You must start the on-line process no earlier than 90 days prior to the tour date- that would be February 17.Manila: Two American specialists conducted two kidney transplant operations on former President Ferdinand Marcos before and after the assassination of former Senator Benigno Aquino in 1983, a game-changing incident which intensified anti-government rallies that morphed into a people-backed military mutiny which ousted the former strongman in 1986, sources said.ĭr. Process must be done on-line and takes an hour to do so. SPSA's RUSSIAN RIVER CRUISE MAY 18-30 2012įor those joining the river cruise on the above date, it is necessary to apply for a Russian visa.The proposed mission to Tuguegarao a week before the Ormoc mission has been scrapped at the request of the congressman from the district. Manuel Cacdac, mission co-chair of SPSA has formalized the mission with the Congresswoman’s office. Congresswoman Lucy Torres has invited the group to return to Ormoc City for the second time, the first mission having been two years ago.ĭr. The Society of Philippine Surgeons in America next surgical mission will be in Ormoc City, Leyte. The proposed mission to Tuguegarao a week before the Ormoc mission has been scrapped at the request of the congressman from the district.ĭuring the last Ormoc mission, the Society performed a total of over procedures and expects to do as many again this time. The Society of Philippine Surgeons in America next surgical mission will be in Ormoc City, Leyte on January 20-26 2013. SPSA Surgical Mission Slated for Ormoc City Special Presentations and Closing Remarks – Dr. Enrique Ona, The Honorable Secretary of Health, Republic of the Philippines Ben Gaddi, Past President and Governor, ACS Phil. Reynaldo Cordero, Immediate Past President, SPSA Rey Melchor Santos, MD, FPCS, FACS – PRC Guidelines & Medico-Legal Issuesĩ:15 p.m. Ignacio, M.D., FACS – Community acceptance & Local Physician participationĭaniel Fabito, M.D., FACS – Government regulations and oversightīenjamin Zamora, M.D., FACS – Volunteer Surgeon Credentialing & Quality of Care Issues (Panelists: Presenters, designated commentators, Dr. Panel Discussion: Moderator – Hernan M. Velcek, MD, FACS – Children’s Health Initiative Partnership ProgramĦ:00 p.m. Alvear, MD, FACS - Global Health Initiative: World Missionĥ:30 p.m. – Pacifico Dorado, MD, FACS - Socio-Economic Impact of SPSA Surgical Missionĥ:15 p.m. Juan Montero, II, MD, FACS – Creation of Sustainable Healthcare Projectsĥ:00 p.m. – Mel Simon, MD, FACS - Rotary International Medical/Dental Missionĥ:45 p.m. Daniel Fabito, MD, FACS – Surgical/Medical Volunteerism: The Beginningĥ:30 p.m. ![]() ![]() – Opening Remarks: Leo Madarang, MD, President, SPSAĥ:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Ĭhicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mileĥ:00 p.m. SOCIETY OF PHILIIPPINE SURGEONS IN AMERICA.
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