HELP: Doctor who wants to serve.

**OTEP** · February 26th, 2007 08:35 PM

Ganito kasi iyon, may friend ako na doctor. Medyo may kaya naman sila sa buhay kaya naisip niya na mag-serve muna sa mga kababayan natin. Nagtatanong siya kung saang organization pwede mag-apply para makatulong.

Ayaw niya mag-doctors to the barrio program ng DOH kasi mahaba ang kontrata and hindi daw siya pwede mamili ng assignment. Eh tiga QC siya [bandang Fairview] and balak din niya mag-residency sa January '08.

Mukhang mahihirapan din siyang sumali sa Medicins sans Frontieres aka Doctors without Borders dahil wala na ata silang office sa Pilipinas since 2005.

Ang suggestion ko sa kanya ay mag-volunteer sa GK777 or sa Philippine National Red Cross.

Baka may iba pa po kayong mai-susuggest.

**architect** · February 26th, 2007 08:43 PM

Most Rotary Clubs have medical missions. Some conduct them once or twice a year while others emphasize their medical activities especially if they have a club member who is a doctor.

Your friend may want to consider joining a Rotary Club near his home (Fairview QC) or near his place of work and lead that club's medical projects.

**OTEP** · February 26th, 2007 08:56 PM

Option din niya iyong local civic organizations (e.g. Rotary) but I think ang hanap niya ay yung medyo araw araw ang service.

Pero kung may upcoming project, malamang sa hindi mag-volunteer yun.

**jedi** · February 26th, 2007 10:22 PM

how about gma kapuso foundation?

**cutedoc** · February 26th, 2007 11:10 PM

pwede siya pumasok sa govt hospital, like fabella and not ask a fee.

what i do is join medical mission of tzu chi=)

**Horsepower** · February 27th, 2007 05:09 AM

Red Cross is a good org to join in and give help to.

**rab** · February 27th, 2007 09:28 PM

how about local government health centers?

**smooth** · March 1st, 2007 09:27 AM

what residency program is he/she planning to take? is he/she planning to do the serving thing for the remainder of this year before his/her residency training? kadalasan kasi may pre-residency program pa yan. depende sa training institution, minsan december ang start ng pre-residency, minsan naman october or november (kaya mahahati ang time niya for service).

PM mo na lang ako. baka may alam akong pwede niya subukan. may mga hospital sa provinces na halos wala nang doctors. (in a certain town in mindanao, dalawa na lang ang doctor. halos lahat nag-alisan na.)

OT: 1,400 na lang ang nag-NMAT (national medical admissions test) last year, down from 6,000 the previous years. its a steady decline. this will impact heavily on medical schools. one major medical school has already closed. pretty soon, sobrang konti na lang talaga ang mga doctors. Dr. Bu Castro calls it the "medical apocalypse - the end of medical practice in the philippines."

**OTEP** · March 1st, 2007 05:14 PM

Doc, nung huli kong tinanong eh Dermatology daw. hehehe. December nga ata ang pre-res dun sa gusto niya pasukan. Ang daming nag-aaply ng dermatology ngayon sa UST tapos isa o dalawa lang ang tinatanggap. Hindi ko lang natanong kung sa mag-aapply siya sa UST.