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Sometimes, I find it hard to absorb the cliche of "angry customers barking at the poor customer service employees".  Sometimes, I don't.

My nature has always been to take my work and my output personally.  I know this is bad because it can ruin me, and my personality, more so how the working environment is around me.  This is why I pick my workplace carefully.

Eversince I was young, I knew I had the talent, the knack, and the extreme liking for inventing things.  Its like making inanimate things come to life.. its also like pulling the thoughts out of your head and simply making it visible and usable.  This is what makes up my passion for life.  I have always been ambitious since I was a kid, but I never dreamed of working in a big company.

Pakiramdam ko, matagal akong nawala sa blogging. Andami ko kasing pinaggagawa nitong mga nakaraang araw. May mga exam din akong tinapos pagbalik namin mula sa biyahe. Yung mga exams na hindi natapos noong Exam week.

San nga ba ako pumunta? Hmm...



Noong Thursday, kinailangan kong bumiyahe mula Davao papuntang Maynila. May seminar sa printing press kaming pinuntahan. Kaso, nagkaroon ng aberya dito sa Davao kaya kinailangan ko munang magpahuli. Nauna na ang mga kasama kong kalasagers noong Wednesday sa Manila. Noon Biyernes, kumakyat kami ng Baguio kasama ang dalawang taga-C&P. Eto yung pangalawang beses kong umakyat ng Baguio sa taong ito. Unang beses kong naranasan ang makakita ng hale noong paalis pa lang kami ng PMA. Medyo malakas ang ulan at nasa bundok kami. Nagtaka na lang kami ng mapansing medyo malakas na ang tama ng ulan sa bubong ng sinasakyan namin van. Yun pala, yelo na ang tumatama sa aming sasakyan. Kahit na di namin gaanong nakikita ang mga butil ng yelo, ok pa rin kasi alam naming yelo ang tumatama sa amin.



Pumunta rin kami ng Enchanted Kingdom. Pangatlong beses ko ngayong taon na ito ang huling dalaw ko sa EK. Masaya kasi hindi na ako natakot sa Log Jam at Space Shuttle. Sa wakas, sumakay rin ako kahit na alam kong nanginginig ang mga tuhod ko noong papasakay pa lamang kami. Medyo nahilo nga lang ako pagkatapos ng ilang ikot sa Space Shuttle.

Eto na naman po ako at walang magawa. Ala-una na ng umaga at hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin ako makatulog kahit na pakiramdam ko ay pagod na pagod na ako. Kaya naman, sasamantalahin ko na lang ang pagkakataong ito upang pasalamatan ang mga bumati sa akin sa araw ng aking kaarawan.

Kay Ate Coisey na siyang unang bumati sa akin. Tinext niya ako habang ako ay nasa ere at sumasakay sa Flying Fiesta sa Enchanted Kingdom. Sa mga Kalasagers na nagbigay ng surprise. (hindi gaanong surprise kasi nakita ko si ate ina na may dalang cake). Sa mga kaibigan sa kolehiyo at mga kaklase ko noong high school na hindi nakalimot (at addict sa friendster dahil nakita nila sa friendster ang birthday ko) sa araw ng aking kaarawan. Sa mga bumati sa friendster at multiply, maraming salamat po. Sa mga bloggers na dumaan sa aking blog at bumati sa akin, maraming salamat sa inyo.

Richard the AdSventurer

Angel Nacorda

Abaniko

Ria Jose

Paolo Mendoza

AnitoKid

Kuya Andrew

Ayel

Mars

Aethen

Jehzlau

Kirbitz

Mark

Maraming salamat po sa inyong lahat!

The government, with its reputation for coming up with temporary and piece-meal solutions to social and economic problems, is now contemplating barring Filipino doctors from migrating and working overseas.  Health secretary Francisco Duque seems to be keen on imposing such ban on deployment:

Here’s the article published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer this August 3:

DoH: Gov’t can stop doctors from leaving; it is the law
By Nikko Dizon
Inquirer
Last updated 06:33am (Mla time) 08/03/2007
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino doctors would be barred from migrating and working abroad to avert a possible shortage of medical practitioners, if Health Secretary Francisco Duque III had his way.

“You don’t expect Indians and Cambodians to treat Filipinos,” Duque Thursday told reporters on the sidelines of his meeting with provincial governors and his counterpart in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on the “FOURmula One for Health” strategy of the Department of Health (DoH).

“While we’re out there treating other people, the irony is we don’t have anyone to treat our own people. Of course, the authorities will not allow it. Political leaders will not allow that. I will not allow it. If I have to respond to it today, I will close the door,” he said.

According to Duque, the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 (Republic Act No. 8043) allows the government to implement this extreme measure, especially “when the profession is deemed mission-critical.”

“The government has the authority, the power, to close the exit doors,” he said.

The ban on deployment is in Section 5 of the law, which states that the labor secretary, “in pursuit of the national interest or when public welfare so requires may, at any time, terminate or impose a ban on the deployment of migrant workers.”

On the brink

Duque said that while he did not have exact data, he believed that the Philippines was on the brink of a shortage of medical doctors.

He estimated that the country had lost from 5,000 to 6,000 doctors since 2001.

A big number of doctors have also studied or are studying to become nurses for them to be able to work overseas.

Duque said he was scheduled to meet on Friday with the University of the Philippines’ National Institute of Health, which had conducted a study on the migration of doctors.

“I will ask if there is any threshold to be established that will signal government authorities to shut the door,” he said.

Asked if preventing Filipino doctors from leaving the country would not violate their rights, Duque said: “I will give you this question — When do individual human rights end and national interest begins?”

Solutions

Duque said that in the late 1990s, the government invoked the deployment ban in the Migrant Workers Act to stop the exodus of Filipino pilots.

“They were all leaving and threatening the integrity of the airline industry. What the labor department and the other relevant agencies did was to invoke [the Migrant Workers Act]. We have to protect the national interest,” he said.

Duque said the health department’s response to the steady migration of doctors included the continuing implementation of its “Doctors to the Barrios” and “Pinoy MD” programs.

He also mentioned a medium-term solution complemented by the foundation of Jose Miguel Arroyo, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s husband, which awards scholarships to poor but deserving medical students at UP and the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.

To put away the trivial errors first, let me correct the article by saying that yes, there is a law stating that the government has the capacity to prevent deployment of migrant workers, as stated in section 5 of the Migrant Workers Act of 1995 RA 8042 and not RA 8043 (which is actually about policies regarding inter-country adoption of Filipino children):

Sec. 5.  TERMINATION OR BAN ON DEPLOYMENT - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the government, in pursuit of the national interest or when public welfare so requires, may, at any time, terminate or impose a ban on the deployment of migrant workers.

While that I expect the government to put out some more aggressive solutions about the deteriorating health care, I didn’t expect that the government would actually contemplate this kind of action.  And the question posed by the Health Secretary is a bit disturbing:

When do individual human rights end and national interest begins?

I believe individual human rights should always be first priority, except perhaps when a criminal act is concerned.  But concerning the personal lives of those who only wish to survive, what right does the government have to interfere?  What right does it have to impose that here your human rights end and that your life need to be sacrificed for the sake of “national interest”?  And the question that I commonly ask, who defines the public?

Even if the government does decide to impose the ban, I don’t think it’s going to solve the problem of deteriorating healthcare.    Public health funds and implementation, the current medical system, the medical community, and a cooperative community of patients are the important factors in a working healthcare system.  To make the healthcare system work, all of the factors should be taken cared of.  The imposition of a ban is just like stoppering a sinking ship full of holes with a cork.  It only prevents the water from getting in through one hole, while it does nothing to take care of the rest.

And perhaps the government is forgetting that it cannot control the minds of people.  It may be able to hinder the physical migration of workers (the doctors, in this case) but it cannot stop the doctors from leaving the medical profession, which I think would the next thing happening if this imposition of ban on deployment of migrant workers ensues.  Which leaves us where?  A health care system still not working and a community of medical healthcare practitioners whose rights to live and practice their profession the way they deem it right trampled upon.

And if this happens, doctors may just decide to stop being doctors and go on strike.

Tags: philippine healthcare, government, migrant doctors, ban on deployment, RA 8042

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1. Which of the following is not considered a fat soluble vitamin? a. Vitamin A b. Vitamin B1 c. Vitamin K d. Vitamin E 2. Which of the following is not considered a water soluble vitamin? a. Vitamin B3 b. Vitamin C c. Vitamin D d. Vitamin B12 3. Which of the following is not an underlying cause of hypercalcemia? a. Paget’s disease b. Hyperparathyroidism c. Hartnup

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1. Which of the following is not considered a fat soluble vitamin?

a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin B1
c. Vitamin K
d. Vitamin E

2. Which of the following is not considered a water soluble vitamin?

a. Vitamin B3
b. Vitamin C
c. Vitamin D
d. Vitamin B12

3. Which of the following is not an underlying cause of hypercalcemia?

a. Paget’s disease
b. Hyperparathyroidism
c. Hartnup disease
d. Sarcoidosis

4. Which of the following is caused by a B5 deficiency?

a. Ectopic pregnancy
b. Nausea
c. Dermatitis
d. Fever

5. Which of the following is caused by a B6 deficiency?

a. Excessive irritability
b. Nonproductive cough
c. Dry mouth
d. Depression

6. Which of the following is caused by a B12 deficiency?


Glossitis
Fever
Hypertension
Edema






7


Which of the following is caused by a Vitamin C deficiency?


Fever
Anemia
Headaches
Nausea







8


Which of the following is caused by a Vitamin D deficiency?


Edema
Anemia
Lupus
Rickets






9


Which of the following is caused by a Vitamin K deficiency?


Bruising
Optic Nerve degeneration
Anemia
Hemorrhage (infants)






10


Another name for Vitamin B1 is ____ .


Thiamine
Riboflavin
Pyridoxine
Cobalamin






11


Which of the following foods is not high in potassium?


Oranges
Bananas
Tomatoes
Turnips






12


1 gram of protein is equal to ____ of energy.


3 kcals
4 kcals
5 kcals
6 kcals






13


A protein restricted diet requires only ______ grams/day.


20-40
30-50
40-60
50-70






14


Which of the following is not considered a food reaction for infants?


Diarrhea
Hypertension
Skin rash
Difficulty breathing






15


Which of the following vitamins will be the most common in: oils from cereal seeds, salad oils, margarine and shortenings?


Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K






16


Which of the following vitamins will be the most common in: leafy green vegetables, egg yolk and soy oil?


Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K






17


Which of the following vitamins will be the most common in: fish liver oils, milk, and egg yolk?


Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K






18


Another name for Vitamin B12 is ____ .


Pantothenic Acid
Cyanocobalamin
Niacin
Riboflavin






19


Which of the following does not contain a high concentration of Niacin?


Yeast
Meat
Liver
Corn






20


Which of the following does not contain a high concentration of Vitamin A?


Strawberries
Oranges
Green Vegetables
Yellow Vegetables








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1. Prothrombin is a ____ globulin and is produced by the _____. a. Alpha, Kidney b. Alpha, Liver c. Beta, Kidney d. Beta, Liver 2. The right coronary artery divides to form the posterior interventricular artery and the ___ artery. a. Marginal b. LVC c. RVC d. LAD 3. Blood flowing into the cardiac veins enters the _______ next. a. Coronary Sinus b. Left Ventricle c. Right