Nen
sinunggay toy tradisyon: Si Dr. Honoria Acosta-Sison (1887-1970), say unaan ya
doktora ya Pangasinense tan Pilipina tan say “ina” daray obstetrisyan ed
Pilipinas
Erwin
S. Fernandez
Natan ya Marso so
bulan daray bibii ed Pilipinas. Ompan igalang iray bibii na luyag na Pangasinan,
nanpiliak na sakey a biin Pangasinensen nepeg ya naamtaen daray tubonbalon
Pangasinense, iray kalangweran pian ontan manmaliw sikaton panmadmaran da.
Sikato si Dr. Honoria Acosta-Sison a niyanak ed baley na Calasiao nen 30 na Disiembre
na 1887.
Nen gelew sumpad
España nen taon iray 1896 anggad 1898, melag nin ugaw sikato balet nanaral ed
eskuelaay parad ugugaw ya bibii ed Pangasinan ta nen saman sananey so eskuelaay
ugugaw a lalaki ed saray ugugaw a bibii. Saya agawa nen nanayam si Honoria ed
Dagupan nen inatey so ina ton si Doña Pastora Dizon, ed kulaay kanayon na ama
ton si Don Macario Acosta y Sison. Sikaton nanaral ed Colegio de la Nuestra Señora
del Santísimo Rosario daray madren Dominikano ed Lingayen kasumpal ton nanaral
ed eskuelaan daray bibiin ugugaw ed Dagupan. Say ibabangat da nen saman et
salitan Español ed panamegley na salitan Pangasinan. Walaan ira ta si Don
Macario so kapitan daray baloto ya onbabaroy manlapud Dagupan anggad Manila tan
akanggaway pigaran dalin ed Dagupan.
Sinmabi ray Amerikano. Lapud ag labay daray Pilipinon manpaidalem ed saray
balon mananamsam odino kolonyalista, agawa so bakal ya tatawagen ya bakal na
Pilipinas tan Amerika (Philippine-American War). Kasumpal to
ya, nanlinkor ya maestra legan manaaral na salitan Ingles. Nen panaoy Amerikano,
walaay pamaakaran ya nayari kan manaral ed Amerika ya so gobierno na Amerika ed
Pilipinas so manggastos ed amin ya pankaokolan mo. Saya so tatawagen ya
pamaakaran ya pensionado. Pian napili ka ed sayan balibalin programa, kaokolan
mon onpasa ed malet ya kompetisyon daray kandidato. Nen 1904, walay 357 iran
akibiang ed saya et si Honoria tan sakey nin Pangasinense ya si Luisa Sison so
duaran bibiin apili ed sampluran akapasa.
Lapud saray nanenengneng
to ran kagagawa ed saray bibiin malukon ed Pangasinan ya ag ira manpakonsulta
ed saray doktor a lalaki kanian dakel ed sikara so onpapatey no mananak la ra
tan no abilay met ira ag da amtan asikasoen iray kapanyanak ya ugaw ta nen
saman say maslak ya ondadago ed sikara iray manamianak, pinasya ton manaral na medisina
anggano say ama to tan saray kanayon to ag ira onabuloy ed sayan plano to lapu
kasid pananisia ya iray bibii ag onsarag ed saray propesyon daray lalaki. Nen wala lad Estados Unidos ed Pennsylvania, sinumpal
toy aral to ed sekondarya ed Drexel Institute tan Brown Preparatory School antis
ton nanaral na medisina ed Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (saya natan
so Drexel University College of Medicine). Nen manaaral ed sayan kolehiyo,
tinumangan da na premio ed Anatomiya likod ed saray atatagey iran marka ed
saray asignatura to. Nanmaliw nin pangolon manangikurang (editor-in-chief) na Filipino
Review, say palapagan daray estudianten Pilipino ed Amerika. Nen 1909,
asumpal toy inkadoktor to tan initdan day pankanawnawa ya manaral na sakey taon
na obstetrics ed maternity hospital na kolehiyo to.
Sinmempet sikato nen 1910 et akaloob ya full-time ya assistant ed
obstetrics ed Saint Paul’s Hospital ed Ibali no iner mantatrabaho met si Dr. Antonio
Sison, sakey ya doktor tan pensionado met a Pangasinense ya abayag to lan kabat
manlapud inkaugaw to. Ed satan ya taon lamlamang, sikara
Honoria tan Antonio et nankasal. Diad ontumbok iran taon abendisionan iray
taluran ilalak. Legan mantatrabaho ed sayan ospital, nansulat tan angipalapag
si Dr. Acosta-Sison na artikulo nipaakar ed panag-asikaso daray malukon antis tan
kasumpal ya pananak (prenatal tan postnatal care). Bilang siyentipikon doktor,
saya so gaween to – mankorit na saray artikulo nipaakar ed espesyalisasyon to
anggad impansulat to na sakey ya libro nipaakar ed panag-asikaso ed saray kapanyanak
ya ugugaw, say sankaunaan ya libro ya insulat na sakey a doktor ya Pilipino. Nen 1912, linmoob sikato ya bumabangat ed University
of the Philippines College of Medicine tan nantrabahon doktor ed Philippine
General Hospital. Kaiba toy asawa ton si Dr. Antonio, inpursigi ra so
pangiletneg na Department of Gynecology ed UP College of Medicine ya agawa nen
1922. Anggano okupadod trabaho tod ospital, walay tiempo ton angimbento na saray
kagawaan ed obstetrics. Sakey ed saraya so sagittal pelvimeter.
Nen walad Europa ya binisita to ray ospital ya moderno ed saray siudad
na Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, Paris, London tan Dublin ed loob na siamiran bulan,
naimatonan to ray operasyon ya tatawagey laparotrachelotomy. Inawit to yan
kalasin operasyon ed Pilipinas kapawil to et agawa so sankaunaan ya operasyon
ed lapag na bansa. Nen dekada 1930, ag tinmondan nansukay tan angipalapag na
saray artikulo ed obstetrics tan gynecology tan sakey a libro, Obstetrics
for Nurses; saya pinmaway nen 1936. Pian natulongan to ray bibiin makatalos
nipaakar ed abig ya laman da, panag-asikasod saray ugugaw tan pamilia tan arum
ni ran bengatla, nankorit sikato ray salaysay ed abeban paliwawa ed saray magasin
tan talagew na lapag a bansa. Diad ontumbok iran taon antis na Kumaduan Bakal a
Sankamundoan (World War II), sikato so nibakin ondago ed saray konperensya
daray doktor tan siruhano ed biektaew. Nen 1940, initdan na Philippine Women’s
University sikato na Honorary Doctorate ed Siensia.
Legan walay giyera, nantuloy a nanlinkor si Dr. Acosta-Sison ed
Philippine General Hospital tan diad UP kaibad saya so pansukay to nipaakar ed chorioepithelioma
anggad nanmaliw ya propesor tan ulo na Department of Obstetrics tan propesor na
gynecology. Ed chorioepithelioma, si Dr. Honoria ed salita nen J.P. Greenhill,
say akansulat na libron Obstetrics, so “sankamaungan ya autoridad ed
mundo” ed sayan tema. Lapud sayan pansukay, binirbir da so kimey to na
Philippine College of Surgeons nen 1954 ed impan-iter da ed sikato na tumang (award).
Nen 1946, sikato so kabiangan a pundador tan unaan ya pangolo na Philippine
Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. Say nansumpalan ton kolehiyo ed Amerika
so angisabit ed sikato na Doktor ed Siensia, honoris causa nen 1950. Nen 1955, naitday
dayew na gobierno nen Pangolon Ramon Magsaysay na Presidential Award.
Kasumpal na 45 taon ya impansilbi ed UP, inpabtang da ed sikato so
professor emerita na obstetrics tan gynecology. Nen 1957, say UP College of
Medicine angiter ed sikato na sertipiko bilang “honorary alumna”, sakey a
pamabirbir ed baleg ya kontribusyon tod medikal a panagbangat. Nen inimbitaan na Pangasinan Medical Society ya mansalita ed sikara,
linma ed Dagupan nen 1957. Anggano retirado la manlapud 1955 anggad 1968,
intuloy toy pansulat tan panbasa na saray asukayan to ed saray konperensya na nanduruman
ulopan daray doktor tan iskolar dia tan ed biektaew legan manbabangat ni ed UP.
Nen mantaoy 80 labat sikato tinmonda.
Diad dunong tan koli to, si Dr. Honoria Acosta-Sison so sakey a biin
Pangasinensen kaokolan ya pigalangan tan aligen aliwan si Urduja ya abayag lan nipatnag
ya aliwa sikaton Pangasinense no ag ingen nanlapud Indochina (say tatawagey
Vietnam natan). Nen panaon nen Dr. Acosta-Sison, ag da kabat
a balot si Urduja lapud si Urduja linmesa labat nen tiempo daray Amerikano –
nen 1916, 1923 tan 1924 – aliwan nen uley daray Kastila. Kanian ibantak ed
basuraan si Urduja, ikinon si Dr. Honoria Acosta-Sison!
Iray Reperensia
Curriculum vitae
nen Dr. Honoria Acosta-Sison. https://drexel.edu/medicine/about/diversity/diversity-blog/the-mother-of-philippine-obstetrics-honoria-acosta-sison/
<inakses nen 27 na Marso na 2023>.
Honoria Acosta-Sison 1887-1970: First Filipina Physician and Mother of
Philippine Obstetrics. Scientists in the Philippines. Vol. II. Manila:
National Science Development Board, 1975. Nengnengen met so http://www.oocities.org/scientists_phil/
Mother of Philippine Obstetrics: Honoria Acosta Sison. https://drexel.edu/medicine/about/diversity/diversity-blog/the-mother-of-philippine-obstetrics-honoria-acosta-sison/ <inakses nen 27 na Marso na 2023>.
Nipaakar ed
talintao. Si Dr. Honoria Acosta nen marikit ni tan walad Amerika (Inaon ed The
Filipino I (4-5) 1906).