Comments on: What the Doctor (and Secretary) Said… https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: mayums https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-144450 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:02:00 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-144450 this is a good read. and such reason why i choose to travel two hours from our house to see a doctor of my choice than just go to the nearest hospital from our place. “customer” service, even in the medical profession, is still important.

]]> By: Honey https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-70737 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:29:14 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-70737 LOL.

I can very well relate to your story. We are a family of doctors. My lolo’s and mom’s secretaries even had the guts to make taray to me way back then. I can just imagine how they treat other patients.

Now that I’m a doctor too, nag-iba bigla ang ihip ng hangin. =)

When my mom started her practice, patients were treated first come, first serve basis. But some years later, she were amongst the pioneers who switched to per appointment basis, but walk-ins our still entertained. Her patients are so thankful, because they dont have to wait too long.

I think it will take some more years before it becomes the norm in our country. I see where most doctors are coming from. When you reserve a slot for a patient who doesnt show up, then that’s equivalent to lost time, money, and oppurtunity to help more people.

]]> By: Marketman https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-67494 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:03:24 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-67494 patti, sorry, I have never been to Tacloban or Leyte for that matter…

]]> By: patti https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-67492 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:59:23 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-67492 hi MM. this is my 2nd time to write you. my sister avidly follows your website.
firstly, i like your sense of humor – reminds me of my brother.
second, i have a planned trip to tacloban. my first there actually so i was wondering if you could recommend a nice resto or must-taste food /delicacies there.
thanks, looking forward to your recommendations

]]> By: musikero https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-58171 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:51:17 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-58171 ….W texts 5 hours later: “Sino kayo, who are you, full name please.”
….MM says: “Why?”
….W texts: “Because I can just put you as #1 on the list for tomorrow’s appointments”

Mwahahaha! LOL! My wife is an avid fan of your blog and she is right…this is hilarious! Only in da Pilipins…

]]> By: chelle https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-58090 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:50:41 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-58090 hehehe! this is the funny side of a rather serious thing for me. =)

i take visits to clinics/doctors/hospitals very very seriously. for one thing, we always only go pag di na kaya ng mga home remedies, needless to say, mejo malala na yung nararamdaman (bad no?). kaya pag andun na kami and we have to wait, i can’t help but think sometimes that if we had more money do i have to let my mother or husband or lola wait like this, can’t we just make an appointment at 4pm and then actually be seen at 4pm? (that is, money equating to pricier doctors who actually sees patient by appointment – or is there such a thing?)

but again MM, thanks for writing about this, it definitely made my day!

]]> By: annette https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-58063 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:05:34 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-58063 Hahahahaha, thank you por veing bery fatient Mr. MM.

]]> By: pinkytab https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-57907 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:37:27 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-57907 This is truly hilarious!!!! I had tears in my eyes and could not stop laughing. This reminded me of a joke I heard when I was still little about a former Phil. president who supposedly interchanged his ps and fs. He was asked by a reporter how he was doing after going to several countries for state visits. His reply was “All I do these days is fack and unfack”.

]]> By: BILABENG https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-57905 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:26:56 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-57905 She’s gifted. she can make a dying man come alive, and would want to live to kill her. I would love to hear those f’s for p and p for f’s again. i’ve been gone too long.

]]> By: MegaMom https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-57904 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:23:29 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/and-the-doctor-and-secretary-said#comment-57904 Hey, MM! So sorry for the torment you went through in the hands of my comrades. :) At least you had comic relief in form of the secretary. Such idiocy is not the monopoly of doctor’s secretaries by the way, as many of your readers have already attested to.
I myself have just come from the same hospital as an in-patient (annual check-up), and was made to wait 4 hours before getting discharged. I was simply waiting for a member of my cloth to give me my clean bill of health… how hard could that have been? I was told he would come by “after lunch”. I found out that it meant anytime after 1 pm until lunchtime the next day.
The food was inexcusably baaaaaaaaaaaad. No surprises there, but you’d think they’d at least get sinaing right. Now I know why Pinoys like to give their hospitalized friends and loved ones gifts of food! It is charity in the truest sense!

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