General Practitioner with interests in Pediatrics
Gordonvale Family Medical Centre, 27 Norman Street, Gordonvale 4865, Australia (Ph 040563600)
Total years of experience :26 years, 1 Months
located at the corner of Sturt and Stoke Street, The Doctors Townsville is the only Practice on this area (and even on its new location) which is open seven days a week from 7am to 9pm. Consultations are basically by appointment but every patient is welcome to come anytime, day or night even without appointment. After closing hours, a doctor from the practice is always available to discuss and deal with any emergencies that a patient can have.
Inside, it is being manned by general practitioners, licensed nurse on duty and competent staff. It basically has complete facility for out-patient and emergency cases and has a fully computerized method of recording and billing. Each consultation room has blood pressure apparatus, thermoscans, stethoscope, weighing scales, ophthalmic and otoscopic as well as neurologic diagnostic sets, speculums, bandages and plasters, pregnancy test kits, syringes and needles, examination table and bed with light. A separate treatment room is provided with several beds complete with emergency facilities for medical and surgical procedures. It has also a nebulizer for our asthmatic patients, ECG machines, refrigerator for vaccines a cabinet for emergency medications.
The practice prefers to be totally responsible for managing patient’s problems. Treatment and/or management is being rendered on the day of consultation itself and continuity of care being practiced by means of follow-ups. Preventive health strategies are being dealt with in the Practice day to day dealings with our patients through the advices that the doctors give.
As a general practitioner of this practice, I saw a lot of different cases everyday, young and old alike. I saw approximately 100-120 patients per week, both medical and surgical cases and had worked 36 to 40 hours per week.
We offer “sick and well-baby” clinics, too. I attended to our patient’s immunization needs, travel advices and did some basic counselling for those who needed immediate help.
•PAEDIATRICIAN/GENERAL PRACTITIONER
The only health clinic on this area, this is located in the heart proper of Bagumbong, the remote part of Caloocan City. It is open from Mondays to Saturdays, 9am to 7pm and by appointment during Sundays. It is being manned by a doctor, a nurse, a medical technologist and a secretary. It has a fully computerized method of recording and billing. The clinic is fully equipped with basic facilities which include stethoscope, sphygmomanometer, thermoscans, weighing scales for all ages, ophthalmic and otoscopic as well as neurologic diagnostic sets, autoclave, oxygen tanks, droplights, beds, bassinets, examination table, nebulizers, suction machines, surgical instruments, speculums, sutures, bandages and plasters, pregnancy test kits, microscopes, syringes and needles. Emergency medications are also available.
Preventive health strategies are being dealt with in our day to day dealings with our patients and relatives through the advices that we give.
As the company physician, I screened all applicants, interpreted laboratory work-ups, did annual check-ups, and managed both medical and surgical patients employed at Coca-Cola Company of Bulacan. Visits were done at the Ace Diagnostic Center and Medical Clinic as scheduled.
Located on the far-flung area but one of the biggest towns in Bulacan, Roquero General is the only hospital that is being manned by specialists of various fields. It caters to approximately 70, 000 - 75, 000 population. The hospital has very competent staff consisting of 1 obstetrics-gynaecologist, 1 surgeon, 2 internists, 1 pediatrician, 1 EENT specialist, 1 orthopaedic surgeon, 1 pathologist, 1 radio-sonologist, 1 emergency medicine specialist, 3 general practitioners, 1 dentist, 24 nurses, 3 medical technologists, 1 radiotechnician and 1 secretary. Area is divided into different sections namely: consultation rooms for the different specialties each fully equipped with the necessary diagnostic sets, sphygmomanometer, thermoscans, stethoscope, weighing scale, examination table and bed, ECG room, NICU, canteen, dental office, doctors quarters, cashier, pharmacy, ward sections, private rooms and receiving are for those accompanying patients.
Preventive health strategies are being dealt with in the physician’s day to day dealings with patients by giving advices. The hospital also has a school and health team consisting of paediatrician, 3 general practitioners, dietician, dentist and nurses. This team is responsible for community workshops, health talks, school visits and other public health activities like proper nutrition, proper waste disposal and non-communicable disease.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
I worked as the sole paediatrician of the hospital. I did my rounds at 1pm for all the paediatric cases admitted and held my out-patient clinic on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2pm to 5pm.
After my clinic hours on the mentioned days as a paediatric consultant, my work as a senior medical officer started at 5 in the afternoon until 5 in the morning of the following day. I, together with one of the general practitioners as my assistant did all the rounds of all in-patients, young and old alike. After the rounds, my assistant would man the ward and would do all the referrals to me as appropriately and needed while I manned the emergency room and would handle all admissions, surgical procedures and clinical cases. Tour of duty would end at 5 in the morning after the rounds and endorsements to different specialties were done.
•GENERAL PRACTITIONER - Part Time, Mom, Dad and Babe Emergency Clinic; Heritage Homes, Marilao, Bulacan (Tue, Thu and Sat 3pm-5pm and Sun 8am-5pm
- resource person for 4 consecutive weeks, aired
This medical center is one of the biggest, busiest and most competent government hospitals in the Philippines. It is fully equipped with modern facilities and apparatus, with different specialties and sub-specialty departments, oncology section, a residency training institution and the hospital considered as the flagship of the Department of Health of the Philippines.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Stayed in this medical center for four years where I got my residency training in paediatrics, my job here was as a paediatric resident for three years and as a chief resident for one year. On my first three years of stay, I was exposed and was allowed to manage both general paediatrics and subspecialty cases, did rural work on a satellite hospital for 6 months and served at a nearby health center as scheduled.
Mon, Wed 5pm-8am, Sat & Sundays 48 hours
-10am the following day
Diagnostic Center and Medical Clinic is the oldest, most popular and competent laboratory on this area. Located at the second floor of the Chracy building, it serves approximately 45, 000 - 50, 000 people coming from the different subdivisions surrounding the area. It has 1 physician, 1 radiologist, 1 pathologist, 1 sonologist, 3 medical technologists, 2 x-ray technicians and 1 secretary. It is open daily from 7am to 7pm. Consultation room is fully equipped with sphygmomanometer, thermoscans, diagnostic sets, weighing scales, tables and bed for examination purposes. Another area is designated for minor surgical procedures where surgical instruments, autoclave and refrigerator for vaccine storage are being kept for easy access and availability in cases of emergencies. Emergency medications are also available. Separate rooms are assigned each for the laboratory, x-ray, ECG and ultrasound sections. Records of each patient are filed both in a computer and cards.
Preventive health strategies are being dealt with in our day to day dealing with our patients by giving advices.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
My work here was mainly clinical, priority-wise, and administrative work shared with the owner of the diagnostic center who is one of the medical technologists.