My First Out of Town Med Mission Experience

May 18-20, 2007

UST FilChiMSA (Filipino-Chinese Medical Students Association) went to Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija for it's summer medical mission. We were accompanied by our adviser Dr. V. Lim and his wife, Dra. A. Lim. Only four of us (Dora, Gayli, Mic, and me) was able to join the mission. Konti lang kami. The medicines that we brought were sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

We left Manila at around 2pm in the afternoon (May 18, 2007). It was a long 4-hour trip, but it was not boring. Dr. Lim had lots of stories to tell. Lahat ng clinical experiences niya nakuwento niya. It was quite interesting. Madami din kami natutunan. Also Dra. Lim, who was a cytology specialist. Can't really tell it all here, baka humaba ung post ko haha kasi talagang 4 hour non-stop ung story-telling. :P

We arrived at Gabaldon at aroung 5pm. Sabi ni Dr. Lim, it was his first trip with FilChiMSA na nakarating sila ng may araw pa. And the views were beautiful. Ung road kasi was between Sierra Madre and another mountain hehe nde ko alam ung other one. Wala kasi akong digicam!!!! Under repair pa din kaya sobrang *sigh* hehe Anyway, mga members din ng Knights of Columbus ung mga contact ni Dr. Lim in Gabaldon. We were adopted by one of the members were we stayed.

The weather was humid and hot but not as hot as Manila. That night, pagod na din kaya lang nagpractice lang kaunti for BP hahah :P

(pic borrowed from Gayli's Multiply)

May 19, 2007
This is the day of the mission. Had breakfast in the host's house, then we went to where Dr. Lim was staying, and there he was, ang daming patients! Mga 9am na after he finished. Then we went to Bantug, mga 30 mins ride lang from Gabaldon. Dun ung community na pinuntahan namin. We have to cross a river and ride a "kuliglig" to go there.

the Kuliglig

my Kuliglig moment haha

We got there at around 10am, and we started working right away! Ang daming patients! Although most of them had the same complaints like cough and colds, may mga iba na medyo complicated. It was quite fun too, taking histories. It's like practicing the profession already, and also with a little pressure since they call us doctors na din kahit we're still studying.

Mic was my partner, we were consulting Dr. Lim about this patient kasi meron daw thyroid mass.
Gayli and Dora were partners too :) picture moments nila
Dra. Lim and Kuya Richard were the ones in charge of the medicines and "Purga"
Precribing meds, HAGGARD na!!! haha

Kakapagod! We had lunch at around 12:30pm and resumed the mission 1:30pm. May mga iba na hindi na nakabalik, pero still ang dami pa ring patients. We finished at around 3pm. And ubos na ung mga vitamins na meds namin.

the "team" and the people who helped us

After the mission, we headed back to Gabaldon, and had merienda in one of the councilor's house. Siyempre, hindi naman ALL WORK AND NO PLAY ung mission. We went to Dingalan, Aurora. Kaya lang we had little time. Good thing it was only an hour drive from Gabaldon. Ang ganda ng beach dun. Although nandun kami sa fishing village. hehe

On our way to Dingalen
Wished i had my cam with me... ANG GANDA NG MGA VIEWS!!!! argh!!!!
the three pics were taken with my iPaq, not bad

After that trip, we headed back to Gabaldon, visited the Mayor, then had dinner. Siyempre the night didn't end. We had VIDEOKE!!! hahah Dinala ni Dra.Lim ung Magic Sing niya hahha :D Napasabak nanaman ako sa kantahan! kakahiya..... (-_-)''' and the star of the night was DORA!! Kaya alng nde niya nacomplete ung 20 songs niya for the album :P *peace* tayo Dora :P

the much awaited duet of the year! haha "A WHOLE NEW WORLD"

Then....
LOW BATT NA...

May 20, 2007
We went to church, had breakfast, did a little pasalubong shopping. Then we headed back to Manila.....

It was FUN! Learned a lot of things too. ;) DID YOU KNOW? That eating mangoes can also prolong PTT? That is why it is not advisable to eat too much mangoes if you're on cupressin medication ;)

One of the most memorable summer I ever had ;)

More pics on my Multiply site marktu.multiply.com and also gaylinel.multiply.com