| Eduardo R. Del Rosario, M.D., M.P.H. Tamuning, Guam Guam's New Breed of "Can Do" and "Hands-on" Leader |
The entire adult life of Dr. Eduardo "Eddie" del Rosario has been
dedicated to humanitarian services impacting literally hundreds of
thousands people from different regions of the world. From 1966
to 1980, at various locations in the Philippines, South Vietnam,
Guam, Seattle, Alaska and other regions, Dr. Eddie del Rosario
has directed, assisted, and actively participated in certain
activities relative to "hands-on" medical and public health relief for
thousands of unfortunate victims of man-made and natural
disasters. He was in South Vietnam with the Operation World
Freedom to assist the war victims right in the midst of the start of
the infamous surged of the North against the South, the Tet
Offensive of February 6, 1968; he participated on a "hand-on"
basis in providing aids and comforts to the disaster victims of the
typhoons, the floods, the tidal waves and earthquake in the
Philippines and Guam. In short, Dr. del Rosario is personally
there and not barking orders -- when disaster s strike, be it natural
or man-made! He is there on a "hand-on" participation. Caring.
Comforting. Providing the necessary things needed to ease the
suffering of his fellow-man.
Dr. del Rosario spent countless sleepless nights assisting in
caring for the Air Manila plane crash disaster in Guam. In August
dedicated to humanitarian services impacting literally hundreds of
thousands people from different regions of the world. From 1966
to 1980, at various locations in the Philippines, South Vietnam,
Guam, Seattle, Alaska and other regions, Dr. Eddie del Rosario
has directed, assisted, and actively participated in certain
activities relative to "hands-on" medical and public health relief for
thousands of unfortunate victims of man-made and natural
disasters. He was in South Vietnam with the Operation World
Freedom to assist the war victims right in the midst of the start of
the infamous surged of the North against the South, the Tet
Offensive of February 6, 1968; he participated on a "hand-on"
basis in providing aids and comforts to the disaster victims of the
typhoons, the floods, the tidal waves and earthquake in the
Philippines and Guam. In short, Dr. del Rosario is personally
there and not barking orders -- when disaster s strike, be it natural
or man-made! He is there on a "hand-on" participation. Caring.
Comforting. Providing the necessary things needed to ease the
suffering of his fellow-man.
Dr. del Rosario spent countless sleepless nights assisting in
caring for the Air Manila plane crash disaster in Guam. In August
1972 while vacationing in the Philippines, the worst flood occured in Luzon. Interrupting his well-deserved
earned rest, he personally conducted and organized medical civic action program with staff and students
from Ateneo University and Assumption College in Manila to assist the hundreds of thousands victims in
Pampanga, Tarlac and Bulacan region. For the first time in the Philippines, he introduced the jet gun which
he borrowed from the Guam Department of Health for mass immunization delivering an estimated 30
thousand dosages of cholera-dysentery-typhoid vaccines. Returning back to Guam where he was then the
Chief Public Health Officer, in less than 30 days, assisted in organizing a Guam delegation to turn over over
to the Philippine Government over $100,000 worth of relief goods including nine -- yes, nine! -- jet guns for
mass immunization. And the borrowed jet gun, was also donated later to the RP Government. Dr. del Rosario
and his group from Guam immunized more than 40,000 school children around Paranaque, old Makati,
Tondo and Santa Rita, Pampanga.
One week after the burning of Jolo in 1975, Dr. del Rosario participated in six medical missions providing
"hands-on" medical aid and care to people of Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, Zamboanga and Misamis impacting between
40 to 50 thousand people. In 1980, he personally organized and conducted relief and medical civic action
activities for the flood victims of Nueva Ecija and Tarlac.
"Dr. del Rosario is a one-man crusader when it comes to helping people -- more, specially victims of
disasters in the Philippines," stated one of the thirty Filipino doctors in Guam. "He goes out of his way to help -
no charge. Everything at his expense."
Impatient when bureaucracy is involved, two days after the great earthquakes, he delivered $10,000 cash to
the Bishop of Cabanatuan, to the Bishop of Nueva Ecija and to Jaime Cardinal Sin representing initial
contribution from Guam. Together with other Guam leaders: Father Rudy Arreola, Emilio Uy, John Vega,
Continental Airlines officials and other Filipino leaders in Guam, they raised the largest disaster relief funds
amounting to more than $100,000 cash.
In the recent Mt. Pinatubo disaster, while other medical missioners from various parts of the world, including
the United States, were in the comfort zones and away from the poisonous gas being erupted by the then
raging volcano, Dr. del Rosario and Dr. Hugo H. Halo, a 1992 TOFA awardee, together with Subic Bay U.S.
Naval Hospital personnel trekked to the foot of Mt. Pinatubo to provide "hands-on" treatment and care to
around 500 survivors.
"My greatest dream is to organize or be involved actively with an international relief organization that would be
able to respond at a moment's notice to any natural or man-made disaster to relieve pain and suffering and to
provide the greatest good for the greatest number," remarked Dr. del Rosario.
He is currently the Executive Director of Guam Advocacy Office which promote, protect and advocate for the
rights of the disabled. Born and raised in San Jose, Nueva Ecija, he finished his Medicine course from the
University of Santo Tomas in 1958, and completed his Masters in Public Health Degree from John Hopskins
University School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland in 1977. Super active with various
groups in Guam, Eddie served as President of the Filipino Community of Guam in 1979. Currently the
President of the UST Alumni Association, he is an active member of the Circulo Pampangueno, Lions Club,
Kiwanis International, Guam TB & RD Association, Novo Ecijanos, Knights of Columbus, Cursillos de
Cristianidad, American Red Cross, American Public Health Association and others.
Married to his charming and lovely wife, the former Maribel Bernardo of Bacoor, Pampanga, the del Rosarios
have four children: Marissa , 31; Regina, 21; Cristina, 27, and Margarita, 23.
earned rest, he personally conducted and organized medical civic action program with staff and students
from Ateneo University and Assumption College in Manila to assist the hundreds of thousands victims in
Pampanga, Tarlac and Bulacan region. For the first time in the Philippines, he introduced the jet gun which
he borrowed from the Guam Department of Health for mass immunization delivering an estimated 30
thousand dosages of cholera-dysentery-typhoid vaccines. Returning back to Guam where he was then the
Chief Public Health Officer, in less than 30 days, assisted in organizing a Guam delegation to turn over over
to the Philippine Government over $100,000 worth of relief goods including nine -- yes, nine! -- jet guns for
mass immunization. And the borrowed jet gun, was also donated later to the RP Government. Dr. del Rosario
and his group from Guam immunized more than 40,000 school children around Paranaque, old Makati,
Tondo and Santa Rita, Pampanga.
One week after the burning of Jolo in 1975, Dr. del Rosario participated in six medical missions providing
"hands-on" medical aid and care to people of Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, Zamboanga and Misamis impacting between
40 to 50 thousand people. In 1980, he personally organized and conducted relief and medical civic action
activities for the flood victims of Nueva Ecija and Tarlac.
"Dr. del Rosario is a one-man crusader when it comes to helping people -- more, specially victims of
disasters in the Philippines," stated one of the thirty Filipino doctors in Guam. "He goes out of his way to help -
no charge. Everything at his expense."
Impatient when bureaucracy is involved, two days after the great earthquakes, he delivered $10,000 cash to
the Bishop of Cabanatuan, to the Bishop of Nueva Ecija and to Jaime Cardinal Sin representing initial
contribution from Guam. Together with other Guam leaders: Father Rudy Arreola, Emilio Uy, John Vega,
Continental Airlines officials and other Filipino leaders in Guam, they raised the largest disaster relief funds
amounting to more than $100,000 cash.
In the recent Mt. Pinatubo disaster, while other medical missioners from various parts of the world, including
the United States, were in the comfort zones and away from the poisonous gas being erupted by the then
raging volcano, Dr. del Rosario and Dr. Hugo H. Halo, a 1992 TOFA awardee, together with Subic Bay U.S.
Naval Hospital personnel trekked to the foot of Mt. Pinatubo to provide "hands-on" treatment and care to
around 500 survivors.
"My greatest dream is to organize or be involved actively with an international relief organization that would be
able to respond at a moment's notice to any natural or man-made disaster to relieve pain and suffering and to
provide the greatest good for the greatest number," remarked Dr. del Rosario.
He is currently the Executive Director of Guam Advocacy Office which promote, protect and advocate for the
rights of the disabled. Born and raised in San Jose, Nueva Ecija, he finished his Medicine course from the
University of Santo Tomas in 1958, and completed his Masters in Public Health Degree from John Hopskins
University School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland in 1977. Super active with various
groups in Guam, Eddie served as President of the Filipino Community of Guam in 1979. Currently the
President of the UST Alumni Association, he is an active member of the Circulo Pampangueno, Lions Club,
Kiwanis International, Guam TB & RD Association, Novo Ecijanos, Knights of Columbus, Cursillos de
Cristianidad, American Red Cross, American Public Health Association and others.
Married to his charming and lovely wife, the former Maribel Bernardo of Bacoor, Pampanga, the del Rosarios
have four children: Marissa , 31; Regina, 21; Cristina, 27, and Margarita, 23.
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