by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Jul 14, 2022 | Good Pinoys
Filipina nurse May Parsons, who administered the world’s first approved COVID-19 vaccine, has received the prestigious George Cross award from Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). Parsons attended the recent...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Jan 21, 2022 | Good Pinoys
Filipina nurse Ediscyll Lorusso of St. George’s University Hospital has been named a finalist for the Our Health Heroes’ National Lifetime Achievement Award in the United Kingdom. Lorusso is among the three final nominees for this year’s national...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | May 10, 2021 | Good Pinoys
Filipino nurse Jose Ariel Lañada of the Oxford University Hospitals has been named the United Kingdom’s Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Nurse of the Year for his outstanding work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lañada was declared a joint winner of the...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Jan 4, 2021 | Good Pinoys
Filipina staff nurse Charito Leonardo-Romano has been awarded the British Empire Medal in recognition of the nurse’s “outstanding work” amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Romano is among the recipients of the Medal of the Order of the...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Dec 9, 2020 | Good Balita
Filipina nurse May Parsons has administered the world’s first approved COVID-19 vaccine to 90-year-old Margaret Keenan, who is the first person to receive the coronavirus inoculation in the United Kingdom. Originally from the Philippines, Parsons has worked for...
