Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital - Kalibo, Philippines
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Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital is the main provincial hospital for the province of Aklan, on the island of Panay, Philippines, named for a member of the Philippine legislature who advocated for the creation of this province.
Waymark Code: WMB7NP
Location: Philippines
Date Posted: 04/16/2011
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The Hospital
Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital is a 186-bed facility that offers top quality medical care to the province of Aklan, and also serves as the secondary level medical facility to the small resort island of Boracay which attracts close to a million tourists each year,
The man
The hospital 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 primarily through the efforts of
Godofredo P. Ramos. (See
The Separation of Aklan from Capiz by F.M. Blanco.
Dr. Tumbokon also established Melchor Memorial School, one of two private secondary schools in Aklan.