#HealthXPh Tribute chat for Dr. Gia Sison

I’m moderating this Saturday’s #HealthXPh chat and drafted a pre chat post for another topic. Then, Dr. Iris, still in shock, message our group about Dr. Gia Sison’s sudden passing. I went blank all of a sudden. I was talking to a colleague when I read that message I suddenly don’t know what to say, write, talk about to anyone. As Doc Iris would say, all of us were just scrolling on the #healthxph team pictures with Gia since hearing of that news. The team decided to host a “tribute” chat for Gia and in all of the 10 years of making #healthxph pre chat blogpost, this was the “hardest” I made. I’ve been staring at this blank draft, for more than a day already, unable to write anything since we received the news of our beloved Ate Gia’s passing. Not that I don’t have fond memories of Gia. Quite the opposite. We have lots of Gia memories that it is “strange’ (and I felt guilty about this) that I suddenly don’t know how to write about her. With the help of the #HealthXPh team we came up with the following guide questions for our tribute chat. Doc Gia always had a way with people, bringing her signature charm and cheer everywhere. T1. Tell us how you met Doc Gia in your career? I met Gia virtually when our advocacies crossed path during Typhoon Yolanda 10 plus years back. I was working with some “Googlers” back then to locate missing persons and tag areas badly affected by...
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