[Column] Seven Patients

[rolour]

Life After Roxas Hall
Seven Patients
by Errol Casiano ('00)

April 17, 2007. Despite migration of Filipino healthcare professionals abroad, medical tourism in the country is growing. Medical tourism is a term referring to travel to other countries to obtain medical, dental and surgical care while at the same time enjoying the attractions of the country being visited. more »

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[rolour]

Errol, do these patients come in via regular commercial flights?

[ecasiano]

Errol, do these patients come in via regular commercial flights?

RG, these patients come in via regular commercial flights. We see cases in Continental Airlines most commonly. The patients are to be further evaluated and managed in the Philippines. For instance, Patient #5 needs to see a retina specialist.

[ecasiano]

I want to share the reply of one of our readers, Gabriel, a clinical research nurse from Alabama.

Hello Errol,
You are welcome.
I make to a point to read your articles. It gives me some idea on what is going on in our country, the Philippines from a different perspective and point of view, like yours. I am still interested on the health and health related issue in our country of which your article presentation covered.
Keep up the good work and your tenacity on such issues mentioned.
Hope to see you. If you will be in the US for a training let me know. I am here in Birmingham, Alabama.
Sincerely,

Gabriel J. Sapalaran, Jr. RN
Clinical Research Nurse - Surgical Oncology
UAB at Birmingham

[rolour]

Originally Posted by ecasiano

I want to share the reply of one of our readers, Gabriel, a clinical research nurse from Alabama.

Thanks for sharing, Errol. We have more readers out there than we think . Keep those articles coming. Hopefully pretty soon, we will have our first lady writer .

[docdan1]

Errol, those 7 patients present interesting clinical scenarios. They would have been great for PBL or CPC. I got ideas how to go about their work up and differential diagnoses stream thru my mind reading the brief history given. Interesting indeed.

[ecasiano]

Errol, those 7 patients present interesting clinical scenarios. They would have been great for PBL or CPC. I got ideas how to go about their work up and differential diagnoses stream thru my mind reading the brief history given. Interesting indeed.

DocDan, they are indeed interesting cases for discussion in PBL and CPC. If medical tourism continues to grow in the Philippines, perhaps in the future, WVSU Medical Center could also be a partner in the workup and management of these types of cases.