GRANTING TO DR. CHARLIES BAILEY, DR. DONALD EFFLER, DR. DELTON COOLEY, DR. CHRISTIAN BARNARD AND DR. MARTINES BORDIU THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE CERTAIN PRIVILEGES APPERTAINING TO PHI…

WHEREAS, the above-named physicians and heart specialists
have achieved special renown throughout the world for their
distinguished work in the field of heart surgery, pioneering in this one
forbidding area of medicine and contributing a vast store of knowledge
to its advancement, to the lasting service of humankind;

WHEREAS, they were invited as special guests at the
inauguration of the Philippine Heart Center for Asia on February 14,
1975, and while in the Philippines for the occasion were properly
honored by the Philippine Government, which awarded each of them the
Golden Heart Award.

WHEREAS, they in turn honored the
Filipino people not only by accepting said invitation to the
inauguration of the Philippine Heart Center for Asia but also by staying
on long enough to deliver individual lectures and lead in discussions
at a special seminar following the inauguration of the Heart Center;

WHEREAS, by means of said participation, they enriched the
knowledge of Filipino doctors in the field of heart surgery and heart
care, thereby broadening the horizons of medicine in the Philippines;

WHEREAS, all these contributions, while being of special value
to the Filipino people, also manifest the deep sense of humanism that
informs the work and the individual character of these distinguished
physicians and surgeons and has moved them to serve man irrespective of
race. Color, religion, or political or social creed, a principle basic
to Filipino ways;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS,
President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by
the Constitution, do hereby grant to—

DR. CHARLIES BAILEY
DR. DONALD EFFLER
DR. DELTON COOLEY

DR. CHRISTIAN BARNARD

DR. MARTINES BORDIU

the right to exercise certain privileges appertaining to
Philippine citizens, such as the practice of their profession and those
related to or necessary for the exercise thereof in and outside of the
Philippines.

This Decree is made part of the law of the land and
shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this
20th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.