i admit... i am no fan of hospitals... i dont like speaking to doctors coz they seem to always have bad news (some kinda new illness ive developed... yes... i dont live a healthy life so probably its my own fault.... but thats not the point hehe)
but aside from the doctors' habitual bad news speech, they seem to be irritated, in a hurry, bored, tired/exhausted to explain... etc.... (even if it was the patients' fault that they cant explain how they are feeling... some doctors are just plain rude)
but just this week... i brought my grandma to the hospital... she wasnt really horribly sick... just some things to check on when you get to a certain age... so i got her to DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER....
no... i didnt brought her there coz i am just so loyal to my alma mater... (although yes, its related to DLSU-MANILA... its still not the same place) i chose it coz i trust the name... i mean here in the philippines... DLSU is a name popular to all... and i thought they wouldnt try to stain that name synonymous to excellence... right?
anyways... we got there... we were scheduled... however... kinda mixed it up... the doctor were supposed to see was out for that day... so i hurriedly asked the info desk for another cardio available that day...
the guy on the front desk typed somthing and VOILA ... a doctor and a room number...
so i got my grandma there... although the place was not air conditioned... and it was pretty warm... it wasnt as bad as some hospitals... ( and i do sweat a lot... so even if it was air conditioned... i may feel some heat ... still)
by the time the secretary called up my grandma's name... my first thought... "OH NO... HERE COMES THE LONG TALK FROM THE DOC"
BUT HEY>.. I WAS WRONG.... the doctor, Dr. Nicolas was very pleasing... she was so nice and really checked on my grandma... she spoke to her very nicely... and very respectful... and she constantly looked at us... to make sure we follow what she was explaining... for the first time i felt very relaxed and very safe with this doctor... A ROUND OF APPLAUSE for DR. NICOLAS....
then she gave us a referral for consult to the neurologist.... we were sent to DR. ESAGUNDE's clinic...
i thought.... okay... maybe we just hit the jackpot with DR. NICOLAS... but hmmmm maybe this next doctor would be the doctor image up in my head...
but to my mistake... again... DR. ESAGUNDE was plain... GREAT!!! he explained so thoroughly what the condition may be... how it can affect.. all the complex medical stuff he interpreted so simply... for us to understand...
he really made us understand all the details... even my grandma was impressed with him... he was gentle, very accomodating and very friendly.
i cant believe i would say this... but i kind of enjoyed the trip to the hopsital...
i dont know if its their training there or what... but the DLS-UMC doctors are people to be praised... aside from their very respectable positions, they are good people who try to reach out to their patients...
i mean.. ive seen doctors... many of them... but very seldom do i find these kind... specially in the same roof...
this experience kinda made me feel so proud that im a LASALLIAN.... this is a LASALLIAN values expressed in the form of service...
ANIMO LA SALLE!!!
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