After finishing my residency in Internal Medicine, I applied as a medical officer in Manila… and ended up being sent to a GIDA area — an island 8 hours by ship from Luzon. For a month, I was literally the only doctor in the district hospital.
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I was everything: OB, pediatrician, surgeon… you name it. • Airlifted critical cases to Manila when surgery wasn’t possible • Sutured stab wounds and hack wounds • Delivered twins without ultrasound • Managed patients without X-ray • Relied solely on my steth and skills
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I worked in that GIDA setup for 2 years, being the only doctor on the island. Afterward, I went back to Manila to do my Master’s in Pharmacology. That path led me to clinical trials for a foreign pharmaceutical company.
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Then I came home to my province and was appointed 1 of the 2 internist specialists in a DOH government hospital and one of the 2 internist specialists in the province. I proceeded to get an MPH.
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Then COVID came and one of the district hospitals offered me to be the medical director. I refused. Instead I studied a fellowship diploma in Geriatric Rehab and went to Spain 😅🤣😂. And found love in Spain in the form of an ortho trauma surgeon 😅🤣😂.
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