Making Things Right
“I just want to make things right.” That was what my patient told me not too long ago. Wanting to make
Category: medicine
Signing My Life Away
When I first started my medical practice, a nurse asked me, “Can I have your John Hancock?”, while holding a
Built Tough
I was consulted by a colleague to see a patient that needed to be admitted to the ICU. As I
Unfinished Race
I was feeling the heat as I was running this morning. It was still early, but it was already hot
A Divisoria Suit and a Recto Resumé (Couture Edition)
(The following is a haute couture edition of an article I posted a month ago. Published in Manila Standard Today,
Behind the Puff of Smoke
Marion was sitting in the examining table. He looked cachectic and debilitated. He was stooping forward, leaning on his arms
Good Night, Sleep Tight
(The following article was written for our local church newsletter.) “Indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor
License to Heal
Some time ago, I saw a car with the license plate TEADR. It made me wonder, what kind of doctor
Crash and Burn(out)
For the past month or so, I have been reviewing for my Critical Care re-certification Board Exam. In the US,
A Father Till the End
It was 2 o’clock in the morning. I was on-call that night. I had to come back emergently to the