Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital - Kalibo, Philippines
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N 11° 42.499 E 122° 22.066
51P E 431101 N 1294377
Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital is the main provincial hospital for the province of Aklan, on the island of Panay, Philippines.
Waymark Code: WMB7F9
Location: Philippines
Date Posted: 04/14/2011
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This 186-bed facility offers top quality medical car to the province of Aklan, and also serves as the main medical faciltiy to the small resort island of Boracay which attracts close to a million tourists each year,
It was renamed in 1975 to honor Dr, Rafael S, Tumbokon who was instrumental in the effort to establish Aklan as a separate province from Capiz, His legislative bill in 1934 was ultimately defeated my the newly formed commonwealth government under Quezon the next year, and it wasn’t until 1954 that his dream became a reality, Dr, Tumbokon also established Melchor Memorial School, one of two privated secondary schools in Aklan,
Address: Mabini Street Kalibo, Aklan Philippines 5600
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