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Fe del Mundo founded the Philippines' first pediatric hospital in 1957 and built programmes that carried child healthcare, training and disease prevention beyond its walls.

Fe del Mundo builds care outward

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Del Mundo returned from postgraduate training in the United States as war reached the Philippines and cared for sick children in an internment camp. Frustrated by the limits of public institutions, she sold property to open the Children's Memorial Hospital in Quezon City, then linked specialist care with rural health workers and rehydration teams. She researched infectious disease, trained generations of clinicians and wrote a foundational Philippine pediatrics text. Her hospital was a building; her real design was a network of care.

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Fe del Mundo 1957'de Filipinler'in ilk çocuk hastanesini kurdu; çocuk sağlığını, eğitimi ve hastalıkların önlenmesini duvarlarının ötesine taşıyan programlar geliştirdi.
Fe del Mundo bakımı duvarların ötesine taşıyor

Del Mundo, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'ndeki uzmanlık sonrası eğitiminden Filipinler'e savaş ulaşırken döndü ve bir enterne kampındaki hasta çocuklara baktı. Kamu kurumlarının sınırlarından bıkınca mülklerini satarak Quezon City'de Children's Memorial Hospital'ı açtı; ardından uzman bakımını kırsal sağlık çalışanları ve sıvı tedavisi ekipleriyle bağladı. Bulaşıcı hastalıkları araştırdı, kuşaklar boyunca klinisyen yetiştirdi ve Filipin pediatrisinin temel kitaplarından birini yazdı. Hastanesi bir binaydı; asıl tasarımı bakım ağıydı.

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