Call the doctor very slick - a Phillipines view of medical tourism
Call the doctor very slick: "RECENTLY, the Makati Medical Center, the hospital in the premier business district, bought some hi-tech equipment to get rid of the spouse of the boss.
Oops, I mean, the equipment can do away with the most compelling reason of the spouse of the boss to always leave for the United States, such as once every full moon.
And that is, of course, not just shopping, but also the needed medical 'checkup.'
But now 'Makati Med,' as the hospital is known to my generation, has a unit of the GE brand of the 64-slice CT scanner.
Of course, it's a name that everybody can immediately recognize to have been lifted from a top-secret nuclear weapon code.
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LET'S just say that the equipment is so modern that it must have a really weird name.
For now, just take comfort in the fact that the equipment can be good for our economy, because it can help preserve a good chunk of our precious dollars.
It's the money that the rich -- such as the boss' spouse, mother-in-law, and the whole family, together with the nanny -- normally spends for 'checkups' in advanced medical institutes in the United States, such as Disneyland.
Really, since they have money, they can always afford to go to the United States for some life-saving medical procedures for cough and cold.
After all, who should do the procedures there but Filipino doctors, assisted by Filipino nurses, with all the analyses done by Filipino med-techs and Filipino computer technicians?
Yet here we are, our struggling Department of Tourism trying to promote this so-called medical tourism for our country in these parts of the globe.
As a matter of fact, people from around the region come to the Philippines for medical treatment, such as those from Palau, Guam, ASEAN, or even Cebu province (which thinks it is not part of the Philippines).
I think the Department of Tourism should promote it among the rich instead. And that's where Makati Med should c"
Oops, I mean, the equipment can do away with the most compelling reason of the spouse of the boss to always leave for the United States, such as once every full moon.
And that is, of course, not just shopping, but also the needed medical 'checkup.'
But now 'Makati Med,' as the hospital is known to my generation, has a unit of the GE brand of the 64-slice CT scanner.
Of course, it's a name that everybody can immediately recognize to have been lifted from a top-secret nuclear weapon code.
* * *
LET'S just say that the equipment is so modern that it must have a really weird name.
For now, just take comfort in the fact that the equipment can be good for our economy, because it can help preserve a good chunk of our precious dollars.
It's the money that the rich -- such as the boss' spouse, mother-in-law, and the whole family, together with the nanny -- normally spends for 'checkups' in advanced medical institutes in the United States, such as Disneyland.
Really, since they have money, they can always afford to go to the United States for some life-saving medical procedures for cough and cold.
After all, who should do the procedures there but Filipino doctors, assisted by Filipino nurses, with all the analyses done by Filipino med-techs and Filipino computer technicians?
Yet here we are, our struggling Department of Tourism trying to promote this so-called medical tourism for our country in these parts of the globe.
As a matter of fact, people from around the region come to the Philippines for medical treatment, such as those from Palau, Guam, ASEAN, or even Cebu province (which thinks it is not part of the Philippines).
I think the Department of Tourism should promote it among the rich instead. And that's where Makati Med should c"
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