To Dr. Ramos and Family,
I join your grief for the loss of your beloved wife and mother, Thelma. I had the privilege of meeting her and sharing my New Jersey home with her with my sister, Mamel, during one of their short visits to NJ, years ago. My family will also always remember both your support to my parents during their final days.
What a remarkable woman Dra. Tupasi was, a respectable mentor to my sister, Mamel, and to many of her colleagues, a great contributor of knowledge and legacy to the medical community in the Philippines and globally, and an advocate for cure and universal access to care for the afflicted. The world is a better place because of her! Please accept both my personal and the Dejaresco family’s sincere sympathy to you and your family.