Column: Medical Files

It’s heartwarming to read the story of how, in November 1946, the plan and sacrifices of seven high school seniors from the small town of Oshkosh in Wisconsin would redound to benefit of millions of diabetics in the Philippines decades later.

Last week we bade farewell to an institution in the field of diabetology—Dr. Ricardo “Ric” Fernando. Everyone he had mentored called him “Tatay,” a reflection of the doting nature he had shown his students and mentees; actually, anyone who had come to know him.