Construction magnate Alice Eduardo was so shocked one day when, while visiting the child of an employee, who was being treated for dengue at the Philippine General Hospital, she saw all the sick children in one ward. Including those undergoing chemotherapy to vanquish their cancer. “Paano na sila?” she asked their doctors, who told her of the need for an isolation ward for these most vulnerable of God’s creatures. According to Alice, she was also told that children with cancer comprise the fastest-growing sector of hospital patients, with their numbers rising by an alarming 30 percent every year. Dubbed “Woman of Steel” for her various landmark construction projects, Alice told her sister Small Laude, “It’s time for me to build a monument of thanksgiving for all the blessings we have received.” Alice chose to build the monument, which her friends call her “monument of love,” at the PGH compound. The marker of the ward was unveiled on Feb. 18, 2015 — just after Valentine’s