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‘Doki’ to the barrios: Dr Israel Bactol’s commitment to serve
Dr Israel Bactol, a promising 34-year-old cardiology fellow-in-training at the Philippine Heart Center, succumbed to COVID-19 on March 21, becoming one of the many medical frontliners in the Philippines to lose their lives to the disease.
Bactol was known for his exceptional brilliance, having been an honor student throughout his academic life and a scholar in college and medical school.
He demonstrated leadership as chief resident during his internal medicine residency training.
Close friend and co-trainee Dr Tom-Louie Acosta described Bactol as a physician who separated himself from the crowd due to his outstanding qualities and beautiful personality.
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