‘Every patient we send home is a big emotional reward’
Dr. Jill P. Buensuceso is in constant fear of being infected, ever since new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients started coming to the hospital where she works. Any patient is a
Dr. Jill P. Buensuceso is in constant fear of being infected, ever since new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients started coming to the hospital where she works. Any patient is a
I am an internist-pulmonologist in Manila. My days now barely resemble any routine I have established for the past seven years in practice. Each day changes as we adapt to
Every day, Filipino health-care workers exert tremendous physical effort in the medical trenches to care for new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. The public, meanwhile, has nobly contributed to providing for
On April 4, a staff nurse at the VRP Medical Center posted a photo on Facebook. It shows her face covered with two masks and a shield, her gloved
The exhaustion medical workers feel working during this pandemic can wear them down. But knowing they are able to help alleviate the pain and discomfort of their patients fortifies them.
Amid the frenzy of life and death, hospital chaplains bring God’s mercy to the sick, the dying and the front-liners in hospitals. Lifestyle emailed questions to Fr. Marlito G. Ocon,
When I’m on call, a typical day involves receiving endorsements or the list of patients to see, who to watch out for…I start doing the rounds, reviewing labs and X-rays.
Back in January, I was doing the rounds at the ICU with an extraordinary patient, a doctor herself, a grand dame of Philippine pulmonary medicine. It was more of her
‘Whatever I do, I always think about my three children’ Dr. Luanne Jill ‘Twinkle’ Santos, perinatal anesthesiologist in private practice I’m an active consultant in hospitals in Cavite and Antipolo.
Doctors, we often forget, are human, too. Nurse Mavinelle “Mavs” Amoncio recalls the last days of Dr. Helen Tudtud in a heart-wrenching Facebook post. Last week, social media reeled from
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