Yesterday morning, Karen and I went to the Asian Hospital in Alabang to have our sore throats checked. We've been sick for several days now and I could not take the pain anymore so I decided to go ahead and see an ENT and get proper medication. We first looked for a Medserv accredited ENT, our office's HMO. We were told that the earliest ENT clinic was 1pm and it was only 11am. It was ok for me to wait since Karen also had to look for an Intellicare accredited ENT. I just have to say that, doesn't that HMO sound very familiar... :)
When we went to see the recommended doctor by the secretary, we were told that Karen could no longer be accommodate because the doctor would be going to a convention. Alright! I guess there are other ENT doctors available here, right. We went back to the secretary to get another recommendation and informed her that the doctor she initially recommended had to go to a convention. We were then told that the clinic hours for the other ENTs were at 1pm. Fortunately, the secretary was very nice to check if the next ENT that she would be recommending would be coming in without us asking. While the secretary was doing that, Karen and I were already discussing were we would go while waiting for our doctors. During that time, the secretary called our attention to say that there were no available ENTs for that day because they would be going to a convention. We were both surprised to hear this. The first question that popped in Karen's mind was, what if there was an emergency and the patient needed an ENT? I thought to myself, can I also ask the secretary for Medserv to also check the clinics of the Medserv accredited ENTs. Thank God for the two very helpful secretaries for going beyond their job description in checking if the doctors would be coming in. However, the sad part was all the Medserv ENTs were also joining the convention. I was already thinking if we were being punished since we both were already struggling from the pain of just swallowing. Since we both badly need to see an ENT, we went to Healthway to check if they have an available ENT. No such luck! :(
To add to the string of bad luck we had, when I asked Karen to have my mom check for an ENT in Parañaque Medical, the ENT would be having their clinic at 4pm! I don't think I could wait that long since Karen and I have work that night. Good thing I listened to Karen when she suggested to try Las Piñas Doctors even though already inquired there and her the two ENTs she saw there before were not around. When we were told that a doctor is available by 1:30pm, I felt a little relieved. We can finally see a specialist!
As of the moment, we are both feeling a lot better compared to the previous days. Hopefully, both of us would recover before Saturday for Samu't Sari event here in Tahanan!Ü
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