The widow of the otolaryngologist Lorca, Antonia Olcina Laserna, discovers with the mayor, Francisco Jodar Mall plate that bears his name.
Lorca pays tribute today to the prestigious street in the ENT specialist Dr. Lorca Periago Pio Perez, whose name appears at the mall today lorquina which is accessed from the Alameda de Rafael Mendez and goes by Dr. Jose Rodriguez, located very close to that was his residence during his last years of life and where he had an otolaryngology clinic.
Fulfilling the agreement of the Municipal Council on 31 October, the widow of the well-known doctor Lorca, Laserna Olcina Antonia has discovered with the mayor, Francisco Jodar Mall plate bearing the name of her husband.
"Dr. Pio Perez has been an example of love for this land since I was born in the Barrio de San Cristóbal and especially after studying at the Faculty of Medicine of Granada where he graduated in 1942 and after making a specialty in Madrid for 3 years re-established as an otolaryngologist in Lorca, "said the mayor.
Francisco Jodar has noted that "throughout his professional career was a renowned doctor in Lorca, in the region and other neighboring provinces. It is especially noteworthy that after finishing his work in the morning at his clinic in the Alameda de Ramon y Cajal, dedicated the evening to visit the sick disadvantaged totally altruistic, even helping these patients to acquire the drugs. "
Jodar has also emphasized the public service vocation Periago Pio Perez, who combined his medical profession municipal office as municipal councilor was Lorca in 1961, served as deputy mayor until 1967 and as a representative of municipal government Lorca irrigation Administrative Board, and in 1971 received the Commendation of the Order of Agricultural Merit and in 1972, the Silver Medal of Merit Association.
"He was a person characterized by its social commitment, which led him to make numerous charities, working with the San Diego Nursing and Mothers' Mercy convents, the Sisters Servants of Mary, the Poor Clares and de las Huertas and as the Board of Poor Prisoners. During the floods of 1973 remained in full days at Charity Hospital San Francisco to attend to the wounded, "the mayor stressed.
As a good Lorca Periago Perez was also involved in our Holy Week, with Butler and White Steps Incarnate active part of both fraternities and becoming part of the Board of the White Pass.
He was also one of the founders of the National Week of Pigs, which even supported financially.
In the final stretch of his life this doctor worked at the Regional Health Center and Hospital Santa Rosa de Lima.
Lorca died in the November 11, 1992.
So the mayor has given his sincere congratulations to the Pio Perez Periago widow, Antonia Olcina Laserna, their sons, daughters and grandchildren, because at last the city of Lorca appreciates the services rendered by this great doctor through this street that now bears his name.
Now, from our malls, the street will always remember the name of this great doctor so beloved by Lorca and did so much for their city. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca