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Fe del Mundo
 Fe Villanueva del Mundo was a Filipina
pediatrician, the founder of the first pediatric
hospital in the Philippines.
 The first Asian to have entered the
prestigious Harvard University’s School od
Medicine.
 She was the first female president of the
Philippine Pediatric Society and the first
woman to be named National Scientist of the
Philippines in 1980.
 She was also the founder and the first
president of the Philippine Pediatric Society,
the first Asian to be elected president of the
Philippine Medical Association in its 65-
Born Fé Primitiva del years existence, and the first Asian to be
Mundo y Villanueva voted president of the Medical Woman's
International Association.
November 27, 1911  Dr. del Mundo fought gender inequality
Manila, Philippine through academic excellence, and brought
Islands much-needed medical care to women and
Died August 7, 2011 children during World War II.
(aged 99) •She also made significant contributions to our
Quezon City, knowledge and treatment of lethal diseases in the
Philippines Philippines.
Nationality Filipino
Here are five noteworthy facts about this pioneering
Alma mater University of the
Philippines Filipina pediatrician.
Manila, Boston 1. She was a symbol of female empowerment in
University medicine, both in the Philippines and abroad.
2. She actively provided medical care during
Occupation Pediatrician
one of the worst times to be a female doctor
Known for National Scientist of in the Philippines.
the Philippines

Who invented the Filipino incubator?

 Doctor Fe Del Mundo is credited with studies that led to the invention of an
improved incubator and a jaundice relieving device. She had dedicated her life to
the cause of pediatrics in the Philippines.

 Fe Del Mundo field of natural science and the field of public health was
something she was actively involved in. When Fe Del Mundo was not busy
treating and taking care of children, she did some pioneering work on infectious
diseases in Philippine communities and authored the Textbook of Pediatrics, as
well as hundreds of articles and medical reports on diseases such as dengue, polio
and measles.

She invented an incubator made of bamboo

 In a bid to help families in rural communities without electricity, del Mundo
invented a bamboo incubator in 1941. According to a biographical report on del
Mundo by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, the physician’s
makeshift incubator was composed of two native laundry baskets made of
bamboo. Made of different sizes, the baskets were “placed one inside the other.”
She would then put hot water bottles all around and between the baskets to
regulate the body temperature of babies. “I put a little hood over it and attached
oxygen for the baby,” she said. “We had to do with whatever was available.”
However, we were not able to find any photo of the incubator (or know where its
remains lie today).
 It was reported that it was del Mundo’s objective of making inventions that are
inexpensive and can be reproduced by people who have limited access to medical
centers.
 An incubator is an apparatus used to
maintain environmental conditions
suitable for newborn baby.
 It is used in pre-term births or for
some ill full-term babies.