to promote better understanding of health conditions, to fight medical misinformation, to promote preventive healthcare, to promote health-seeking behavior
positive inspiration - I met a pediatric intensivist before who was excellent at explaining diseases to her patients. She explains everything from source of the illness down to treatment and expected course of the illness.
negative inspiration - Education is an important part of medical care but it is often neglected. I have seen so many patients who were prescribed meds but were not given any information on the illness.
Why are my posts in Taglish?
Since medical terms are in English, there is a tendency not to use simpler terms when writing in English. In contrast, since maraming medical terms ang walang direct Filipino translation, walang choice kundi iexplain sila =) Since marami rin akong followers na nasa medical profession, nilalagay ko na lang din in parentheses ung mga english and medical terms. Minsan kasi ang lalim na raw ng Tagalog ko and hindi na raw nila maintindihan.
Scope and Limitations
It is not my intention to give random health tips like other fb pages and youtube channels. I want this fb page to be somewhere patients visit AFTER seeing a doctor.
I do not support teleconsult. I don’t want parents to diagnose their kids based on what I post. I want them to know what is “normal” or usual for the disease.
Although may similarities ang symptoms ng diseases sa bata and sa adults, hindi laging pareho ang treatment. Maraming treatments sa adults na hindi pa tested sa mga bata. May mga treatments din na effective sa bata pero hindi gumagana sa adults. As the name of the page suggests, ang target ng posts ko ay mga bata hanggang teenagers lang.
About Me:
nursery to high school - Chiang Kai Shek College
pre-med - Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology at University of Santo Tomas
med - Doctor of Medicine at University of Santo Tomas
specialization - pediatrics residency training at Fatima University Medical Center
Clinics:
Casa Medica in SM South Mall - ALL EXCEPT MAXICARE
asianlife, asian care, benlife, blue cross, carehealth, cocolife, eastwest,flexicare, generali, hmi, hppi,insular, intellicare, kaiser, lacson, medasia, medicard, medilink, medocare, philcare, philbritish, valuecare
MomMe Care Las Pinas beside Hi-precision Diagnostics - ALL EXCEPT MAXICARE (Intellicare not sure yet.)
amaphil, asianlife, asian care, benlife, blue cross, carehealth, cocolife, eastwest,flexicare, generali, hmi, hppi,insular, kaiser, lacson, medasia, medicard, medilink, medocare, philcare, philbritish, valuecare
Pope John Paul II Hospital and Medical Center - Philhealth accredited; asianlife, benlife, blue cross, carehealth, cocolife, eastwest, generali, getwell, hppi, insular, kaiser, lacson, optimum, philcare