When Discriminating Patients Become Insulting
In today’s times when the average person is often bombarded by images and news of “bad” hospitals “detaining” patients who cannot pay for hospital bills and “evil” doctors who are money-hungry or out to “kill” patients, people have begun developing a general mistrust of doctors. It is as if every doctor they’d encounter will give them haphazardly done medical service and then squeeze out all the money from their pockets. And this growing mistrust of doctors is hindering our efforts to improve our country’s provision of health care.
I never thought that I’d be seeing such overly-suspicious and stubborn patients until one 24-hour duty in a hospital emergency room, I encountered one. Well, actually, she’s the patient’s “mother”. Being in the Philippines, we have come to “accept” the fact that Filipinos have developed the bad habit of going to the emergency room seeking outpatient clinic services (follow-up consult after treatment of urinary tract infections, requesting lab referrals for pre-employment physical exams because they don’t have the “time” during the weekdays, which is rather unbelievable because it’s a pre-employment medical exam and it means they’re jobless so they have all the time available, etcetera).
In this case, the overly-suspicious and stubborn person (which I will call “Mara”) brought her 4-year old “son” because of some coughing, cold, and a low-grade fever. After some tests, it turned out that the kid has only a mild respiratory tract infection. I prescribed a 7-day course of Amoxicillin 250 mg/5mL syrup 5 mL every 8 hours and a paracetamol for fever. Mara argued that the dose I prescribed was not enough. I asked her why she thought so.
1st PAL Photo Contest – Capture the Beauty of the Philippines
Let Your Passion Fly – Capture the Beauty of the Philippines
Philippine Airlines in partnership with EPSON and SM Supermalls invites all Professional and Amateur Photographers to the first Philippine Airlines Photo Contest to Capture the Beauty of the Philippines with over a MILLION Pesos in total prizes.
[DYuTYuB #9] Stunts
While blog hopping, I saw this cool scooter stunts at Raredog’s blog:
Continue reading Scooter Stunts at websaytko.com.
Beauty of the Philippines in Focus – FotoFest 2007 Photo Contest
Prizes at stake are:
1st Prize: Canon EOS 400D Kit
2nd Prize: Canon Pixma MP460 Multi-Function Printer
3rd Prize: Canon Selphy Compact Photo Printer
FotoFest 2007 – Philippine Star’s 1st Photography Summit
FOTOFEST 2007
(The Philippine Star’s 1st Photography Summit)
SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
Greenbelt 1 Cinema 2 2nd level
Toblerone Say it! Say it! Photo Contest
ClickTheCity presents Toblerone Say It! Say It! Photo Contest.
The Saint
Once there was a man who is a Personal Manager of a publication house.
He was ordered by the higher ups to fire the old workers to make salary for the new and fresh blood.
He quickly refused the order.
He resigned to give the old employees their salary.
Then he drove a school bus.
56. My dad
I am so sorry to say that the person ( I somehwat loved )
57. Anti-depressants
Recently (afternoon of May 28th), I got myself ( rehabilitated )
For those people there, was that a Nervous breakdown?
58. Manny VIlliar!!!
When we were talking, she came up ( to the pound )
The deadly Mother’s club
Marie Claire magazine featured an article in its May 2007 edition about a certain mother’s club that exists in Japan. This club supposedly is composed of mothers within a community. Membership to the club is believed to be essential to one’s child’s success in school and in the community with regards to access to opportunity. Apparently, membership comes with opened doors to good schools and good services. Much like being in a high school clique.
It is a difficult task to get accepted into the club. One must be deemed acceptable by the members of the club and especially approved by the boss mom. One’s manners, clothes, income, friends, way of life is scrutinized and judged. Once a member, mothers have to behave, dress, walk, talk, and live according to the club’s defined standards which are mostly dependent on the club’s boss mom. Going against the group is social suicide.
AVG Anti-Virus of Geri
One day at the mall while window shopping, I’ve found this cool pendant that was shaped like a shuriken and with matching color of the AVG Antivirus logo. (I am using AVG for more than two years now, PROBLEM FREE)
Bought and wear it right away. Then at the office, one of my officemates saw it and ask me “Hey Geri! Whatta nice necklace you got there! What does your pendant means?â€
Surprised by her asking, I immediately response “It’s my Anti-Virus†with a big grin on my face. hehehe 
Let’s All Go To Iraq And Plant Kamote!
There I said it. I can’t seem to find a job that suits me well. I graduated in 2005 and God knows how long (and hard) two years of being a bum is. If someone out there knows a part-time job or two then dude (or dudette) please help me out.
Anyways, good thing there is Jobstreet and JobsDB (PI version of Monster and Career builder). They seriously save my soles from being abused by the mangled road asphalt (no thanks to MMDA and DPWH!) of Manila. You could try your luck by browsing through their site for job vacancies in various companies around the country (most are based in Manila though). If you’re not lucky enough just like me, well you can always take the road and try to look for jobs the old fashion way but If you’re the type who doesn’t easily give up and you were born adventurous and is willing to face danger then check out this ad that I stumbled upon.
