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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 658
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 658 -
GRANTING TO DR. CHARLIES BAILEY, DR. DONALD EFFLER, DR. DELTON COOLEY,
DR. CHRISTIAN BARNARD AND DR. MARTINES BORDIU THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE
CERTAIN PRIVILEGES APPERTAINING TO PHILIPPINE CITIZENS
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WHEREAS,
the above-named physicians and heart specialists have achieved special
renown throughout the world for their distinguished work in the field
of heart surgery, pioneering in this once forbidding area of medicines
and contributing a vast store of knowledge to its advancement, to the
lasting service of humankind;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, they were invited as special guests at the inauguration of the
Philippine Heart Center for Asia on February 14, 1975, and while in the
Philippines for the occasion were properly honored by the Philippine
Government, which awarded each of them the Golden Heart Award;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, they in turn honored the Filipino people not only by accepting
said invitation to the inauguration of the Philippine Heart Center for
Asia but also by staying on long enough to deliver individual lectures
and lead in discussions at a special seminar following the inauguration
of the Heart Center; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, by means of said participation, they enriched the knowledge of
Filipino doctors in the field of heart surgery and heart care, thereby
broadening the horizons of medicine in the Philippines;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, all these contributions, while being of special value to the
Filipino people, also manifest the deep sense of humanism that informs
the work and the individual character of these distinguished physicians
and surgeons and has moved them to serve man irrespective of race,
color, religion, or political or social creed, a principle basic to
Filipino ways;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
grant to —chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
DR. CHARLIES BAILEY
DR. DONALD EFFLER
DR. DELTON COOLEY
DR. CHRISTIAN BARNARD
DR. MARTINES BORDIU
the right to exercise certain privileges appertaining to Philippine
citizens, such as the practice of their profession and those related to
or necessary for the exercise thereof in and outside of the Philippines.
This Decree is made part of the law of the land and shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 20th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-five.
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