Jose F. Fabella
| José Fabella | |
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| Born |
José Fernandez Fabella October 26, 1888 Pagsanjan, Laguna, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | January 16, 1945 (aged 56) |
| Alma mater |
Philippine Normal College Rush Medical College |
| Spouse(s) | Esperanza Barcelo |
| Children | Jose Jr. Juan Esperanza Evelyn Jaime Erlinda |
| Parent(s) | Juan Fabella (father) Damiana Fernandez (mother) |
José F. Fabella (October 26, 1888 – January 16, 1945) was a Filipino physician and a leading public health advocate widely regarded as the "Father of Public Health and Social Welfare in the Philippines."
Jose Fabella was born in Pagsanjan, Laguna to Juan Lavadia Fabella and Damiana Cabarrubias Fernandez. He finished his primary schooling in Pagsanjan while he completed his secondary education at Ateneo de Manila. Then, he enrolled at the Philippine Normal College for a preparatory course in medicine. He went to the United States and studied at Rush Medical College, formerly affiliated with the University of Chicago, where he obtained his medical degree in 1912. He worked as an intern, and later, as resident physician at Children's Free Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Then, he took postgraduate courses in children's diseases at Charite Krankenhaus in Berlin, Germany in 1914 and at the New York Post Graduate Medical School in 1920.
On his return to the Philippines, Fabella was appointed to various government positions. From 1914 to 1916, he was appointed secretary of the Philippine Islands Anti-Tuberculosis Society. He also served as the first secretary, and later as executive director of the Public Welfare Board from 1914 to 1921 and Public Welfare Commissioner before he became the first chief of Bureau of Health in 1936 and first secretary of Department of Health and Public Welfare in 1941. During his stint in government, he initiated the coordination and regulations of various welfare services including operation of puericulture centers. In 1922, he opened a midwifery training school in Sta. Cruz, Manila which was the progenitor of Maternity and Children's Hospital which is now the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital. He also initiated the development of a children's village called Welfareville in Mandaluyong, Province of Rizal where the government's child-caring institutions were established. The first child health surveys and studies of Filipino diet were conducted under his leadership.
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