Cardinal Santos Incident - Is This Real?

[the_wildthing]

Can anyone confirm if the below actually happened?

Dear Would be Sick Friends;

Here is a real life experience I had when I took my grandson to Cardinal
Santos Hospital, a hospital named after the memory of a very passionate
Christian man and servant leader. This happened last Feb 9, Wednesday
10:30
pm
at the Cardinal Santos Emergency Room.

THE CARDINAL RULE AT CARDINAL SANTOS HOSPITAL
15T DOWN OR YOU'RE OUT

" For admission po ba ang apo ninyo? Mag-down po kayo ng P15 thousand!"

This was the cold reception of the admitting officer at Cardinal Santos
Hospital as
I shiver upon the diagnosis of resident doctor ( Dr. Joan Tan from the
emergency room)
that my 6 month old grandson ( Xandro Ynigo Blanco Zubia) had pneumonia
and
needed admission.

I bled dry. Nanuyo lalamunan ko, nanginig buong laman ko, halos maubos ang
dugo-
I could have dropped dead and mistaken for dead on arrival.
Face to face with a trained cold hearted medical staff, I said---
" WHATTTTT, do you think I'd walk in here with P15 cash on hand.
That's exhorbitant! Where does it say in your medical book that " before
you get sick,
you should have 15t cash on hand or you will be refused admission!
Mamamatay ka ng dilat ang mata!"

"Eh yan po ang policy namin, nun Thursday (Feb 3) lang po inim-plement.

"Teka...Is that information posted anywhere in the hospital?
Was that policy properly disseminated to all your good paying public?
Dapat alam yan lahat ng pasyenteng ninyong pumapasok dito! No one in his
right mind will
bring that amount with him for an emergency case. Not even the richest
Chinoy in Greenhills!

And if the bills don't reach 15t do I get my money back?' I retorted,
blood
boiling.

Ay mga 1 month po ang processing ng reimbursement ninyo kung may sobra!
he answered reassuringly.

Ganun? You must be sick in the head!

Eh yun po ang policy!

That policy stinks as bad as your hospital services!

Here's the juicier part -- I had to wait for another 30 minutes for the x
ray results while Xandro was gasping for breath.
Eto pa matindi---hinabol pa ako ng guard because I needed to pay the x-ray
fee which was taking them hours to prepare and hand over to me! (
DISGUSTING!) Mabilis sa pera, mabagal sa serbisyo!"

And so I left and went straight to The New Medical City. The next scene was

a complete turnaround
from what I experienced at Cardinal Santos. The nurses and attending
physician were quick.
"Talagang emergency! Upon arrival ,they took the vital signs.
Followed by a bombardment of questions on Xandro's medical history.
" Kelan po nagumpisa ubo't sipon, nilagnat po ba siya, ilang araw na po ,
may history po ba kayo ng asthma, ano pong gamot ang binigay ninyo.
Nasuka po ba, nakakadede po ba ng maayos?

These and more. Then , the doctor subjected my grandson to a nebulizer. 3

x in a row in a span of an hour.
As opposed to the kind of " kunyaring emergency " service we got from
Cardinal Santos.
Hours later, nakahinga siya ng mabuti,,,lalo naman ako!
It was only after a complete emergency diagnosis that the good nurse asked
me to go
to the admission office and get a room for Xandro.
Fresh from verbal battle from the other hospital, I was geared up for the
next bout with the admitting officer
So I went through the routine again of filling up the form, . And now
here's
the final blow.

Magkano ida=-down ko.
" Naku, kung magkano lang po ang kaya ninyo. was the immediate reply.
Can I use my credit card?
Ay opo, basta Visa or Mastercard.
Nakaayos na po yung room ninyo. Ipapanik na lang po kayo pag okey na kay
doctor.

That's simple service! Simple courtesy of handling a panic striken customer

without taking a deep breath!

Now, be patient ( no pun intented) Cast in your verdict. Or cash in your
15T!
By the way, Cardinal Santos is undergoing facility repairs. Baka dun nila
gagamitin yung downpayment.
A concrete wall for every P15t cash donor who'd give out that amount at a
moment's notice--- for every breath a patient takes!

Next time you go on emergency-- remember Cardinal Santos' cardinal rule "
P15T or out you go!

( I'd strongly recommend you to please pass this message to all your
friends, specially those connected with the medical community so they would

be reminded of the vow they took on saving lives!)

Nini M. Blanco
Communication Consultancy Group
Corporate Affairs Office
San Miguel Corporation
Podium Level, HOC , Ortigas Mandaluyong City

Scary, but in this world of hoaxes and smear campaigns, I've learned to not take things like this as truth quickly. Anyone personally know this Nini Blanco?

[1D4LV]

could be, but i think we have to validate it before reacting.
imho, bawal na manghingi ng deposit ngayon pag emergency. i think there is a memorandum from the DOH addressed to all the hospitals about that.

pag hindi naman emergency, pwede humingi ng deposit following the SOPs by all hospitals.

[cyberdoc95]

What I know is that different hospitals would have different policies about cash security. Not really familiar with these two hospitals though.

But like The_wildthing has mentioned, I'm curious as well about what his Nini Blanco wants to achieve on this. As you can see, credibility always counts! If anybody from TSIKOT.COM knows about these hospitals' policies, feel free to confirm if indeed it requires P15T to be admitted.

[BlueBimmer]

my father had a minor operation * cardinal santos, ok naman dun when i visited him often before. no idea lng nga sa emergency cases like that.

[ts1n1ta]

i don't think cardinal santos would do that naman. Ang alam ko no downpayment sa mga ganyan... there are different policies from hospitals re payment pag na admit na galing ER. Unless nag walk in ka lang at magpapa admit ka agad.
Re medical city... ganda talaga hospital service dun. Ganda den price! Sugapa sa parking...but hey i don't think no one's complaining except kaming may sinusundo parati sa hospital. *sigh..OT na sorry. hehehe

[silhouette]

highly likely na hoax nga.
matagal ng bawal ang deposit sa hospitals. lalo na pag emergency, at bata pa ang may sakit.
this story could have reached the media...if true. but let's still wait. baka may taga tsikot na kakilala nung writer.

[yebo]

if true e pwede idemanda yang cardinal santos, kasi bawal na humingi ng deposit ang hospitals pag emergency cases. pero tama sabi ni hg, pag hindi emergency eh pwede humingi ng deposit.

pero mukhang fake. kasi kapitbahay ko ang pulmunologist ng san miguel corporation. pag benificiary o kahit close relative ng smc employee ang patient, sa makati medical center ang accredited hospital. free ang doctor's fee and hospital bills pag beneficiary, at discounted ang rates pag close relative. so why go to cardinal santos? then tapos nun sa new medical city pa nagpunta? mas mahal dun ha!

[BlueBimmer]

nako buking?! hehe

[zman]

Sounds like a hoax.

[ILuvDetailing]

Di ko alam kung related to pero here goes:

May eye injury ako last month courtesy of a slap to my face during a basketball game, the next day I went to Metropolitan Hospital looking for an optalmologist, then ayun ang haba ng pila pang 10 ata ako. When my turn came tinignan ng doctor yung mata ko, diagnosis nila may gasgas lalagyan lang ng contact lense para di madumihan, nung di nila mapasok yung contact lense aba tinakpan mata ko at alam niyo kung anong gamot ang rineseta sakin? Parasetamol... at eto ang masaklap 1,000 petot yung doctors fee... pinapabalik pa ako the next day sa CARDINAL SANTOS HOSPITAL, buti na lang at di ako bumalik dun at nag pa check ako sa ibang doctor dun din sa Metro Hospital may rineseta lang na eyedrops and pag malabo pa mata ko after 3 days eh bumalik ako... pero di na kailangan gumaling na mata ko nun.