A.F. 68 year old male was diagnosed with inferior wall myocardial infarction (heart attack).
He was transferred to
Cebu from CGH upon the request of the family.
The family also requested that a doctor accompanies the patient during the transfer.
The requirements were discussed with the patient's family and they agreed, the requirements were a) return flight to camiguin immediately b) hotel accommodations c) professional fee of 3000php (small professional fee but I agreed anyway because I will be returning back immediately.)
So it was done, the family chartered a Cessna plane to transport the patient, and the patient was brought to the airport by the ambulance of CGH.
The plane ride went well, and at the airport in Cebu, we were picked-up by another ambulance to bring us to
Chong Hwa Hospital in
Cebu.
We arrived safely in
Chong Hwa Hospital, and that was the end of the organizational skills of the patient's family, what followed was a total fuck-up.
Cast of Characters:
1.) Bobong Lola - wife of the patient
2.) Mrs. FU - stands for Mrs. Fucked Up, daughter of the patient
3.) Dr. Melvin FU - stands for Dr. Melvin Fucked Up, son in law of the patient, a garbage product of Gullas, initially failed the Philippine Licensure Exam, now a jail doctor in Cebu and whose greatest achievement in life was to make the jail people dance, a heart attack patient himself who keeps on eating pork (excellent brains huh?)
Upon arrival at the hospital, Mrs. FU asks me "What's going to happen next doctor?" I was totally confused!!! Why am I being asked this question? I thought everything was totally settled. In my mind, I was thinking, "What's going to happen next is I will endorse this patient to a doctor inside the hospital, then you are going to give me my plane ticket for the return flight, my hotel reservations, and my professional fee, that's what's going to happen next." So I told them, I'm lost, I'm totally lost. I endorsed the patient and they later offered that I stay at their place, I agreed coz I had no choice, I haven't been paid yet and I was exhausted.
Next problem, I have a fucking oxygen tank with me, and I need clearance from SEAIR to transport it back to Camiguin. Mrs. FU and Dr. Melvin FU meanwhile did nothing, not worried at all by the oxygen tank. Inaction from them again… I guess inaction is the entire story of their life.
Dr. Melvin FU drives me to their place, I bring my stuff, and the CGH emergency kit. The next horror that greets me is the room that I will be staying in.. the house is unfinished and the rooms had curtains for doors. FUCK!
We went back to the hospital and later ate dinner in Hepatitis-A Cafeteria. It was the most inelegant doctor-to-doctor welcome and interaction I have ever encountered.
Tired, I had to content myself with the room at their house.
I had the best wake up call the following day. They told me that the SEAIR flight was fully-booked, and that the next flight was too late for me to catch my hospital duty in CGH. Excellent! I was on grumpy mode from then on. I had to find a solution to get back to camiguin on time.
Bobong Lola later gave me 1500 for the transportation fee. What the fuck! I have to book my own fucking tickets! What an insult! And the SEAIR ticket costs 2500php, not 1500php, either lola was trying to cheat me or she was just really bobo! I tell her, it costs 2500php.
Then she gives me 2500 for my professional fee. What the fuck! Wasn't the agreement 3000php? I was seriously considering that the Bobong Lolo was really trying to cheat me.
I had to go the long and tedious way back to Camiguin from Cebu coz they fucked up. I booked my own ferry tickets Cebu to Cagayan de Oro.
That day, I stayed the whole time at Ayala Center to clear my mind. I went back to their house that night to tell them how disappointed I was at how disorganized they were and I felt so insulted. I told them "You are capable of chartering a plane, don't tell me you are totally incapable of booking a return flight and a hotel." Finally, I told them that I leave disappointed, insulted, and unhappy.
I later stayed in a hotel that night, that I again reserved myself. I left the following day for Cagayan de Oro, then went on a bus to Balingoan and boarded a barge back to Camiguin, all the time with a frown fixed to my face.
The result is this:
I realized that this should never happen to any doctor ever again. Something positive has to come from this disaster, and the result is below.
Requirements for Patient Transfers Accompanied by a Doctor
ALL requirements are to be fulfilled PRIOR to the transfer.
- Professional Fee
- Php 10,000.00 minimum
- Php 3,000.00 for every succeeding day if the stay is extended
- Hotel
- Hotel name:
- Hotel complete address:
- Hotel telephone number:
- Reservation number:
- Room number:
- Included: food/room service
- Return Flight
- Electronic tickets:
- Reservation number/Confirmation number/Booking number:
- Airline name:
- Airline telephone number:
- Terminal location/address:
- Date of departure:
- Time of departure:
- Bus transfers between airport/port/terminal
- Bus tickets:
- Bus name:
- Bus number:
- Bus telephone number:
- Terminal location/address:
- Date of departure:
- Time of departure:
- Taxi transfers
- Taxi company name:
- Taxi company telephone number: