Day 3: Truth Be Told

Another spontaneous awakening a few hours before 7AM. I am now beginning to think that I have reset my biologic clock or more appropriately regained control of my old  one. I had my first unhealthy breakfast today 2 slices of spam and a heap of rice. This is a good thing for me cause I now consider it unhealthy, when I used to think it normal.

I started seeing patients after 8 AM. I have to apologize one after the other (which as most of you know is not really my thing), simply because I can’t speak their language. I am learning it little by little though, and by little I mean a word or two a day. I am just so thankful that the Philippine pop culture of telenovelas has reached the shores of Eastern Samar and a lot, if not all of the people here are quite able to speak Tagalog.  

I saw a total of 11 patients today. This is a little on the high side even when I was still in PGH. Yet, it was not as hard for me. And as surprised as I was, the cases aren’t much diffrent here. I don’t know if it was the lack of relative stress associated with leaving ones post to go his clinic, or the fact that I was also being paid, that made it a bit care-free. Honestly (call me hypocrite if you want) but I think it is actually the first plus the fact that I just live 3 floors up in the hospital and could just as easily lie down when I am tired.

After my AM clinic, I had 2 sandwiches of soft white bread with bacon spread. I’m still unwilling  to eat chicken in a soup. I then admitted my first in-patient. He is one of the beneficiaries of the PhilHealth’s indigent cards. I admitted the patient which to my chagrin had an expired card. Yet, as we discussed with the director, we finally admitted the patient with a guarantee from both the mayor’s office and the PhilHealth office that they will renew the card.  Admitting indigent patients in a private hospital is still a brand new wonder to me. My hats off to the government for actually making this work. Note to self, file for PhilHealth accreditation ASAP. 

I dunno why but I am still preoccupied with iPhone 4 since yesterday. Maybe because Globe has a better signal here than Smart. No need to talk about the Sun deadspot that is Eastern Samar. And short of admitting that commercialism has reached me at an odd time, I do associate Globe with iPhone 4. Haha. How I wish there is an iPhone here. A pic maybe (just to satiate me)? 

As I reflect on my first working day, I am faced with the cornerstone of realizations as of late. I am really a good person despite what people say. In the end, I realized that truth always exist and only falsehood needs to be invented. 

Viva! Verita!