Doctor on Call

[mazdamazda]

Minor gripe lang naman... hehehe...

Pero parang naaasar ako minsan na laging nakalagay sa harap auto ay "Doctor on Call".

Parang, what does that suppose to mean? You're a doctor and you can getaway with reckless driving?

[boybi]

oo nga e, pwede kaya ako maglagay ng Engineer on Call? at pag hindi na mapigilan, maglagay din ako ng Nature on Call :bwahaha:

[ian_rex]

like hell. oo nga, not because you're someone of importance doesn't entitles you to break the rules, bend yes but not break. saka if you're a real mccoy why advertise? i believe those who proclaim that they are somebody important, they are fake. usually mga med rep ang gumagamit ng mga letseng "Doctor on Call" na ito.

basta always remember "a barking dog never bites."

[ian_rex]

nice idea sir boybi.

[zero]

its their way to be exempted sa color-coding scheme ng mmda. ang daya nila, siguro lahat ng sasakyan nila meron "doctor on call".

[artpogi]

last year I was seriously thinking of having a sign for my car which will read "ALBULARYO ON CALL" just for kicks.

di lang pumayag si esmi.

[wreckless]

Otep,wiretap_md,
nasan na kayo?
hehehehehe..
ok lang yung mga "doctor on call" nila..
di naman sila reckless drivers e.

[hens]

Originally posted by wreckless
Otep,wiretap_md,
nasan na kayo?
hehehehehe..
ok lang yung mga "doctor on call" nila..
di naman sila reckless drivers e.

Ooopps!!!

[FrankDrebin]

Abuse rin yan. Yung friend kong med rep may doctor on call sa car niya.

[ian_rex]

meron pa nga akong kilalang abogag* este abogado gumagamit din ng "Doctor On Call" na sign. ogag talaga...

[afrasay]

Originally posted by hens
Ooopps!!!

ok lang yan, reckless naman hindi chickboy :D

[Vexel9]

basta always remember "a barking dog never bites." [/B]

I think im going to have to disagree with this one. I got my ass bit by a dog that was barking like crazy!

[arnielbenz]

Quote:
basta always remember "a barking dog never bites." [/b]

I think im going to have to disagree with this one. I got my ass bit by a dog that was barking like crazy!

Hahaha!!! natawa ako dito a.:rofl:

[empy]

i bet you that 99% of the time, there's no emergency.

and when have you ever heard of a doc making house calls in this day and age? ;)

[caloyski5]

my dad does that..full-fledged doctor siya..iwas coding niya..ingat magdrive nun..pero nabangga siya recently..ginitgit niya yung poste sa parking..hehehe

nakakainis pag naglalagay niyan tapos hindi pala doctor pero benefit of the doubt na lang..

[zippo]

Originally posted by Vexel9
I think im going to have to disagree with this one. I got my ass bit by a dog that was barking like crazy!

hehehe nice one dude.

[icon]

exempt ba talaga yan sa coding?
my cousin has one, tinatamad din naman syang tanggalin and kabit pag naka call nga talaga sya so it's always there.

makikigaya na din... Tech Support On Call

[trup]

most of them are medreps, pero some use it para di gaano istorbo pag coding(always being flag down) ang tunay is yung sticker na may blue sa middle,doctors have to pay for them every 6 months. I myself dont use them, meron akong m.d. sticker, pero nasa rear window

[wiretap_md]

Hehehe...toxic kami ni Otep so no time to reply.

Yes, I agree that the Doctor on Call sticker is one that is being abused to so much. Almost everyone has it. Yung iba nga hindi na sticker. Bondpaper nalang with the words "Doctor on Call" printed on it then either pasted or clipped on the windshield. The people who use these stickers as a way to escape the color-coding scheme or to merely justify their driving antics are those who give doctors a bad reputation. Its true, there are some doctors who abuse such a privilege but not all doctors are like that.

It is for this reason that I approached Otep last March and told him that we both legitimized our Doctor on Call stickers by personally applying for the official MMDA Doctor on Call sticker which exempts us from UVRP and Towing. These official MMDA stickers are given only to doctors and necessary papers such as PRC license and letter of certification from respective hospitals have to be submitted before the Office of the Chairman issues one. These are not forever stickers. They have to be renewed quarterly at a cost of P100/renewal.

[webmiester]

Hehehe...toxic kami ni Otep so no time to reply.

Yes, I agree that the Doctor on Call sticker is one that is being abused to so much. Almost everyone has it. Yung iba nga hindi na sticker. Bondpaper nalang with the words "Doctor on Call" printed on it then either pasted or clipped on the windshield. The people who use these stickers as a way to escape the color-coding scheme or to merely justify their driving antics are those who give doctors a bad reputation. Its true, there are some doctors who abuse such a privilege but not all doctors are like that.

It is for this reason that I approached Otep last March and told him that we both legitimized our Doctor on Call stickers by personally applying for the official MMDA Doctor on Call sticker which exempts us from UVRP and Towing. These official MMDA stickers are given only to doctors and necessary papers such as PRC license and letter of certification from respective hospitals have to be submitted before the Office of the Chairman issues one. These are not forever stickers. They have to be renewed quarterly at a cost of P100/renewal.

Hi, the MMDA actually has a sticker such as this. One of my sis's had one on her car before I graduated. Its a HUGE sticker (kasing laki ng bond paper) and it also tells enforcers not to tow the car. The price is around P600 yata kaya walang kumukuha.

However, it is really the doctor who is excused and not the car. So even if doctors do not pay for such stickers, doctors will still be excused. I must admit that there some abuses in this regard, however, doctors are always considered "on call" because we get called anytime for emergencies.

If a doctor was to go to a mall to watch a movie and decides to commute because his car is color coded... then at the mall he receives an emergency call at the hospital, he has no car to use to go to the hospital...

It is also in this regard that I think we should also consider ambulances and other emergency vehicles as always on emergency call even if they have no patients and are merely returning to the hospital. They can be called anytime and must be at the hospital at the earliest possible time so that they are available if an emergency does come.

In Coming home from a 32-hour duty at a hospital, doctors are very very tired and were not able to go home (or sleep) earlier because of emergencies and patients, I supposed it's not a very big thing to let him go home as early as possible even if he is color-coded considering the work hours and emergencies he handled. When he gets home, he can get called again, and I think he must get some rest ASAP.

MMDA stickers with price tags will only tempt people to fake IDs and/or to ask for IDs from their friends. Also, it still doesnt stop doctors from attaching their own "Doctor on Call" stickers on their vehicle. Again, it is the doctor who is excused and not the car, so if the car doesnt have the correct sticker, he would still be excused.

Abuses in this regard come not just within the medical field but from all fields:

1) Media on Call - Do Not Delay : Media personnel are not supposed to be exempted but they are because we are afraid of getting bad publicity. Secondly, not all media are the same. One such "media" company had that printed on their vehicles, but their company actually only prints "Song Hits" type magazines...

2) Politicians, judges and those with Special Plates - Kahit drivers and anak nila exempted and many of them drive very abusively

3) Armored Cars

4) Signs which says "Presidential Project - Do not Delay"

5) Perishable Goods

6) PNP & Police officers - I know someone who used to hang a PNP jacket at the back of the vehicle, and would never be apprehended...

Basically, everyone wants an exemption and they find means and ways to do so. I admit that the "Doctor on Call" is one of these ways, but simply putting "Media" or a PNP jacket at the back of your vehicle also works. Pinning this on doctors may not be the best thing to do.