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    #21
    Bakit? siya lang ba ang doctor sa ospital na yun?
    No. But that particular patient could be HIS/HER patient. Ethics and ettiquete dictates that if a patient with a known attending physician comes into a hospital, it's his physician that will treat him. Emergency personell will only go as far as to stabilize him, but its the attending that will execute definitive management.

    Also, some cases require specialist management. Just how many thoracovascular surgeons actually hang around in your typical hospital? In some smaller hospitals, the TCVS is only on call. Likewise with neurosurgeons.

    Anesthesiologists (e.g. smooth) are also on call. How can you operate without one? Yes, there may be one on duty but if the patient is smooth's private case, he has to be there.

    Same case with OB-GYN's. There's always an OB in most hospitals. But for private cases, it will be the OB you have been having your check ups for the past 9 months that will deliver your baby no matter what time you suddenly feel like giving birth. We've had OB's rush to the ER in their sleepwear just to make it to a patient.

    These little intricacies are pretty hard to explain to non-medical persons so most of the time we just let people think what they want to think. As long as we are doing our jobs, doing our best, and saving lives I really wouldn't give a sh!t if other motorists think I'm just power-tripping and abusing the UUVRP.

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    #22
    What about nurses?

    So to cut it short... Exempted ang mga doctors sa mga color-coding?
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    #23
    Drey, nurses don't have private cases. hehehe. Even PDN's are not exempted since PDN's are not really responding to emergencies. :D

    Yes, doctors are exempted from the UUVRP. Aside from the PRC ID, I was also issued by an ID stating the fact. But the PRC ID is enough proof. Kung makulit talaga ang apprehending officer, isasama ko na lang siya para wala nang satsat! Bahala na siya bumalik pagkatapos.

    Kung mas masipag ang doctor, he can also get an exemption from the MMDA office.

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    #24
    How about if the doctors who are in an emergency have their lights and blinkers on and honk their way through the traffic like how the Ambulances and Escorted Gov't vehicles do in the streets. I beleive this is accepted by everybody.

    I think no policeman or traffic aide would stop any vehicle in this emergency mode (lights, blinkers, honking) even though its banned during that hour.

    So that there will be no more comments na baka di naman emergency yung doctor..nagmamadali lang umuwi. just a thought.

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    #25
    Yes. But as I've posted earlier, badges/markings/decals stating that the vehicle is a doctor's is not only for exemption from the UVVRP. Doctors' vehicles have always had badges since the early years of the automobile. Even in other countries without a UVVRP. That's part of culture already. Sort of like a secret handshake between those in the profession. It was never meant to intimidate or overpower other road users.

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    #26
    ^The intentions are definitely noble. But on the other hand, these so called badges/markings/decals are not regulated and can easily be misused.

    If they were regulated, I think there's no need na magpakita pa nang PRC. Kasi its a hassle to be flagged down just to show the PRC ID.

    Anyway, I think nobody is against exempting doctors who are in an emergency to be exempted sa color coding.

    I think what excites most people is the fact na maaring di naman doctor ang nakasakay or di naman emergency ang trip nung doctor.

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    #27
    yup i'm an anesthesiologist. i'm posting at 1:27 am because i just got home from an emergency OR. i'm still too awake from the case kaya hindi pa ako makatulog.

    actually, i have a "coding" car. i use this kapag coding day yung regular car ko. kaya lang minsan, inaabot talaga. a relative will borrow the coding car and i'd get an emergency call on a day na coding ang regular car ko. no choice but to use the regular car on the coding day. honestly bihirang bihira ito. kadalasan talaga kapag coding ang regular car ko, i use the "coding" car.

    but i know a lot of fellow physicians who have one car and they have no choice but to use this car on its coding day.

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    #28
    ok lang exempted mga doktor sa color-coding kahit hindi emergency ... the nature of their job necessitates some consideration from the public

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    #29
    I believe this is one of those situations where we are obliged to give the other person the benefit of the doubt. For granting MDs exemption from the UVVRP this can, and will be abused, but if that occasional abuse means even one life can be saved, then I'm all for it.

    Sometimes it's not just about "malalamangan tayo" if we grant them the privilege.

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    #30
    OT: WTF is UUVRP?
    MMDA REGULATION NO. 96-005: UNIFIED VEHICULAR VOLUME REDUCTION PROGRAM

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