Blog Posts on san lazaro hospital

49. Upbraiding by I AM HIV POSITIVE on Apr 6, 2012If you’ve read my entry number 45 (Funds), you’ll know that I had some concerns with not having enough funds for my viral load test. It’s been almost a year since I was diagnosed of HIV and my doctor recommended having the test to h...

45. Funds by I AM HIV POSITIVE on Mar 3, 2012As planned, I went to PGH again last Monday to get my endorsement letter for my viral count test to be done at San Lazaro hospital. I took my meds just before leaving the house. I was no longer worried about the side effects of my ARVs because I alre...

Manila by afternoon by Going against the current on Feb 28, 2012From Bambang, the LRT station closest to San Lazaro Hospital, it took my train an hour to reach Buendia because of several delays–caused by the sheer number of passengers and the numerous halts due to technical problems. The passengers were res...

Rabid by Going against the current on Feb 4, 2012I would have gone on blaming poverty for what happened: If that area of Mandaluyong had been more affluent, if the houses had been gated, if the dogs in these houses had been vaccinated against rabies, or at least fed well to keep them from being rab...

I-Witness revisits Rabies! by Noypi Tayo! on Nov 15, 2010Ten years later, I-Witness revisits Rabies. The same window filmed in 2000 at the San Lazaro Hospital ward is barred. The room is quiet when Jay Taruc’s I-Witness team revisits the place. But then, a 13-year-old boy suspected to be a victim of rabi...

Most DOH Hospitals Fully Compliant with Total Mercury Phase-Out by on Mar 5, 2010The Department of Health (DOH) reported today that 16 out of the 20 DOH-retained hospitals in Metro Manila have fully complied with the directive on phasing out the use of all apparatuses or devices in the healthcare system that contain mercury. The...

Alerto Laban sa A(H1N1) by Breaking the Silence on Jun 24, 2009On August 20, 2007, Department of Agriculture officers investigated the outbreak of swine flu in Nueva Ecija and some other areas in Central Luzon. The mortality rate is less than 10% for swine flu, unless there are complications like hog cholera. On...

Dogs. Rabies. Money. by Home Sweet Blahs.. on Mar 1, 2009Dogs are man's best friends, but that is only after their anti-rabies vaccination. Unless you have almost 10,000 pesos to spare, don't get bitten by a dog.Yesterday, trying to intercede two of our fighting dogs, my sister was accidentally bitten