The family of the late Dr. Avelex S. Amor humbly accepts the posthumous award as Outstanding UP Los Baños Alumnus for Rural Health Service given to him by the UPLB Alumni Association.
The UPLB Alumni Association cited Dr. Avelex Amor’s selfless work in rural health, especially as a doctor to the barrios. “He bravely fought corruption and exposed corrupt practices in the health service sector of the country that eventually cost his life,” the citation read.
“We pray that this award will continue to shine light on my son’s murder and that eventually, God’s justice will fall on the killers,” said Alex Amor Jr., father of Avelex. “As people of faith, we are also people of hope, resting in the assurance that vengeance is God’s alone.”
Dr. Amor, who worked in various rural hospitals in Negros Oriental, Bohol, and Siquijor, served as medical chief of the Canlaon District Hospital. He worked hard to end the endemic corruption at that hospital and improve the quality of healthcare for poor rural Filipinos. He was on his way to report his findings of the endemic corruption in the hospital when he was killed on Nov. 20, 2018.
Dr. Amor graduated from SU High School in 1992 before studying B.S. Zoology at UP Los Baños. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Cebu Institute of Medicine in 2000.
Until now, his murder has not been solved.
The award will be given on Oct. 9 at UP Los Baños in Laguna.
Dr. Avelex Salinas Amor
Outstanding UPLB Alumnus – on Rural Health Service
(A Posthumous Award)
Dr. Avelex S. Amor, who served as a “Doctor to the Barrios”, exemplified the ideal of “Service above Self”.
He chose to practice his profession as a physician mostly in the mountainous rural areas to provide medical attention to people with limited access to good health facilities, especially the poor members of the community. He stayed as close as he can to the people who needed his medical services the most. He was an advocate of preventive medicine, and taught his patients the value of wellness. Not minding social status, he treated his patients equally and sincerely.
Doc Avelex firmly stood by his principles and lived a simple life. He was not driven by money, but by his passion to genuinely serve the people. Corruption had no place in his vocabulary. He bravely fought corruption, and exposed corrupt practices in the health service sector of the country — that eventually cost his life. A life devoted to genuine service that could have treated and healed more people was unfairly taken away by people of greed and cowardice.
From his passion to serve to his unwavering bravery, Dr. Avelex Amor’s legacy will live on, and will serve as an inspiration for aspiring doctors to selflessly serve the people.
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