Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):
September 27, 1978
Proclamation No. 1789 was signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos on September 27, 1978 declaring September 27 of every year as Physician's Day in honor of Filipino physicians. President Marcos approved the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) project of the Philippine Medical Care Commission. It was the PMA that started the idea of Medical Care which became the Philippine Medical Care Commission, then it became Philhealth.
The Proclamation mentioned that the physician’s profession calls for service to humanity regardless of sex, creed, color or nationality; that the physicians play a vital role in the development of human society as vanguards of the people’s health and well-being; so it is but fitting and proper to focus public attention on this vital role played by physicians in the service of mankind.
On September 27, 2021, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution No. 916 that seeks to honor the country’s physicians for their invaluable service and sacrifices especially amid the government’s struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic since its outbreak in March 2020.
The first lady physician of the Philippines was Dr. Honoria Acosta who graduated at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. She was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Merit (1955), Gold Medal, Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (1959), and Most Outstanding Woman Physician, Philippine Women’s Medical Association (1959).
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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