The Lianga Bay Story Part 4 (The Hospital)

Back in the 1960s, hospitals were rare and almost non-existent in the country side of the Philippines, especially in Mindanao. But in the province of Surigao del sur, Barangay of Diatagon, there was a well equipped, well manned and well managed hospital where the service was at its finest. Its called the Lianga Bay Hospital.

Believe it or not, Lianga Bay hospital was manned by the best medical professionals one can find in the Philippines. Sometime in late 1960's a man was stabbed several times with a long knife. He was hit in his stomach twice which went from his front through his back, not once but twice.

The man was brought to that hospital on time and he lived after the husband and wife Doctor Ben and Elena Tamayo took care of him. I should know this story, because the man who was stabbed was no other than my Father. He was still single that time.

I was also delivered in the same hospital attended by the same Doctors. Sadly, the said hospital was all gone except the building that's left to rot.

Still, the said hospital is worth writing, worth telling and worth sharing because many great stories, great lives and meaningful events happened there.

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