A total of 1,573 individuals out of 2,887 examinees have passed the March 2023 Licensure Exam for Physicians, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Thursday evening, March 16.

Spearheaded by the Board of Medicine, the exam was given in Metro Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga.

University of Santo Tomas, with a passing percentage of 83.61 percent, emerged as the top performing school in the said boards.

Meanwhile, Aira Cassandra Suguitan Castro of Mariano Marcos State University – Batac garnered the highest place in the said exam with a rating of 89 percent.