Tropang Iskrab

Hindi ko ito maitatanggi. Guilty ako dati dito. Dati ha. Sino sa inyo ang umuuwi ng naka-scrub suit? O kaya grupo-grupo na naka-iskrab papunta mall? Tapos manunuod pa ng sine o kaya e magkakape sa paboritong coffee shop. Welcome sa Tropang Iskrab!

Isang malaking pagkakamali na hindi na namamalayan. Pagkakamali na binabale-wala. Alam kung alam nyo na ang mga pwedeng maidulot pag hindi ka nagpalit ng iskrab tapos diretso uwi o mall o gala, pero bakit kaya ginagawa pa din natin? Ayan ha, sinama ko na ang sarili ko, tutal pareho-pareho naman tayong mga Med Tek di ba?

Pag hindi mo hinubad yung iskrab mo pagkatapos ng duty, pwede ka magkalat ng sakit. Yun ang pinakamabigat. Pwede mong mahawaan yung mga katabi mo sa sinehan, mga tao sa mall, kasamang pasahero sa jeep at bus, kainuman ng kape o alak at maging ang pamilya mo sa bahay. Pero kung alam naman ng lahat 'to, bakit marami pa din tayong nakikitang na-iskrab sa kung saan-saan? Tama ka, hindi lang naman kasi Med Tek ang naka-iskrab. Maging mga nars, caregiver, therapist, reflexologist, yaya, at kahit mga janitor naka-iskrab na din. Ang dami pla natin sa Tropa! All walks of life pa!

Pero balik tayo sa punto natin, madami pa din ang hindi nagpapalit ng damit o iskrab bago umalis ng ospital. Dapat kayang magkaroon ng patakaran ang bawat ospital na bawal lumabas ang empleyado na naka-iskrab? Magkaroon kaya ng sariling laundry para sa mga health professional sa loob ng hospital? Ang saya din nun noh? Araw-araw may naglalaba para sa'yo, at libre pa!

Hindi ko alam kung dapat sabihin na kasalanan ng mga propesyonal yung ginagawang pagala-gala habang naka-iskrab pero "propesyonal" nga diba? Dapat mas alam natin yung tama. Siguro mas magiging maayos kung disiplinahin nalang natin ang bawat isa. Hindi ka na kelangan sabihan ng supervisor mo, ikaw na lang sa sarili mo. Kung talagang gusto natin makatulong sa kapwa, siguro ito yung pinakamadaling gawin. Malaking responsibilidad ang maging Med Tek. Mas malaking kasalanan kung magiging pabaya. Hindi naman siguro abala yung magpalit ng damit bago umalis ng lab o ospital. E d pano yan, hindi ka na sasama sa Tropang Iskrab ha! Sabihin mo na din yung iba pa nating ka-tropa! Salamat!


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Para sa Med Tek

Unang post sa unang araw ng Mayo. Sakto para sa ating mga manggagawa. Araw na natin 'to. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang patutunguhan ng mga isusulat ko sa post na 'to pero dahil nga araw naman ito ng lahat ng manggagawa, may karapatan ako na sabihin ang saloobin ko.
Una, dapat siguro magkaroon na ng fixed rate ang mga propesyonal. Ibigay kay Juan ang para kay Juan. Kung halimbawa e Php 11k ang minimum sa mga empleyado, e di yun ang ibigay. Pero ibahin naman sana sa mga propesyonal. Pumasa ang mga Med Tek sa boards, respetuhin naman sana ng mga employer pati na din ng gobyerno 'to. Hindi kami dapat kabilang sa minimum wage. Bigyan ang mga Med Tek at pati na din ang iba pang propesyonal ng nauukol na minimum wage. Nakaka-degrade kasi na pareho lang kami ng salary nung fast food crew. O kaya para kunyare hindi pareho e mas mataas lang ng P10-20 per day. Tsk tsk tsk! Nagkakalokohan naman e... Malaking mga hospital yung tinutukoy ko. Bato bato sa langit, ang tamaan may bukol!
Pangalawa, kelangan namin 'tong susunod talaga. Hazard pay. Uulitin ko in all caps. HAZARD PAY. Kung ayaw nyo bigay yan, e d sila ang mag extract sa taong may HIV! Ano? Kaya ba nila yan? Mag-examine ng sputum ng taong may TB, magbulatlat ng dumi ng tao ng kung sino-sino at magpatubo ng bacteria na multi-drug resistant, may iba pa bang gagawa nyan? At hindi na din pwede yung masabi lang na nagbibigay ng hazard pay. Dapat tama! (teka pang-eleksyon yun ah) Fixed din dapat. Mukhang tama ang 20% ng gross salary.
Ikatlo, siguraduhin ang kaligtasan ng bawat Med Tek (at lahat ng empleyado ng hospital). Ang ibig kong sabihin ay PPE (Personal protective equipment), health insurance at mga gaya nito. Hindi na dapat Med Tek ang bibili ng gloves at mask para sa sarili nya. Dapat may nakalaan na mga mask, gloves, goggles at lab gown para sa mga Med Tek kapag kelangan. Kahit na nasa hospital nagtra-trabaho dapat may health insurance maliban sa Philhealth. Minsan kasi kulang yung discount sa ibang hospital para sa empleyado at pamilya nito. Uulitin ko, dapat sana fixed para lahat makikinabang.

Kung tutuusin simple lang lahat ng hinaing na 'to. Dapat nga e automatic na yan lahat. Dapat nga ay hindi na hinihingi yan. Pero sana madinig 'to. Mas maganda kung magkaroon ng batas para dito. Bakit kaya hindi ganito ang pagusapan sa PAMET? Hindi yung puro lecture at sessions. Bakit hindi pakinggan yung saloobin ng mga Med Tek at ipaglaban. Hindi yung puro pa-cute sa komersyal ng sabon at sa iba pang mga med rep.



Isang makabuluhang araw ng manggagawa sa lahat! Mabuhay tayo!




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Still not late to invest

This year, I wrote three posts about investing. The Rising Tiger, the Rising Tiger 1.1 (mutual funds), and the I told you so. Just to make myself more credible when it comes to investing I searched the net for some sites that would support me. Again, I am a Med Tek just like you. I am not an expert but please believe me when I say invest now. Remember the mutual funds I've been saying? I've mentioned in my Rising tiger 1.1 post that there are a lot of good mutual funds including FAMI (or FMIC). Here's the link on how well they are doing in just the first quarter of the year: http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Finance&title=FMIC-nets-P2.3-billion-as-of-March&id=69123

FMIC is a part of the Metrobank group. Most people think that if an investment is not managed by a bank, then it is perhaps a scam. So for all the skeptics still out there, try Metrobank's mutual fund. BPI also offers mutual funds, and I'm not sure about BDO but maybe.
This post is another wake-up call for those of you who are still not investing. There are video links at the bottom of my blog about investing. It used to air at GMA news tv. The show is called Pesos and Sense and I believe it is sponsored by the COL financial group (formerly citiseconline).
Again, I am not a part of Metrobank or any bank, nor an employee or owner of COL financial or GMA. I am a Med Tek working as a Med tek. Period.  
Search the net, ask the right people and do your own research and find out what investment is right for you.



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Party List for "us"

Since the May elections is just around the corner, let's talk about something related to politics. I was browsing the Comelec website and I was actually looking for the list of senatorial candidates when I saw the candidates' list for party list (sounds redundant). I saw a specific party list for nurses. Then it suddenly hit me, do nurses belong to the marginalized and underpriveleged sector of our country? I guess the answer is yes because the Comelec qualified them to be a party list. First and foremost, I hope that nurses are not being represented by an opportunistic politician or a rich individual who has his/her own selfish goal. We already heard of these scumbags making a fool of our system. On the other hand, I do believe that nurses need the help of our government considering the lack of employment plus private companies trying to take advantage of these situation. If you have heard about the government program "RN heals", I personally think that it's more of a "RN hurts". Underpaid, less than 1 year contract nurses. I don't have to say much about that.
Now you're probably asking me what does this has to do with "us" Med Teks. The answer is a lot. Not only to us but other health professionals as well. While the government has its eyes on our nurses, other allied health professionals are being overlooked. No harm intended for the nurses. I just want to point out that Med Teks, rad techs, PT's, ECG techs and other health professionals should be represented as well. They are making laws to protect our nurses and give them jobs but how about the rest of us? They are trying to get extra plantilla positions for nurses in government hospitals but in the lab, Med Teks lack manpower too. Yes it's true. We lack manpower in the lab yet there is no salary increase to make us want to stay in the Philippines or attract Med Teks abroad to go back here and work. I would not say I envy the nurses because the government is trying to do something for them. I would rather say that the government should be able to do the same for all health professionals not just nurses.
Again, I would hope that maybe, just maybe, in the next election the health professionals would be represented (even behind a nurse's party list). It would be so much better if we could at least know that someone (or a party list) in the congress is making a bill or a law to protect our interest. It would be the best for all health pros to have a Party List that would hear us, fight for us, and represent us.





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Tamang simula

Bakit kaya sira agad yung araw mo sa lab kapag mintis yung unang extraction mo? Pag panget yung simula ng trabaho mo, parang pagod ka na agad. Parang kalahating araw ka na nagtra-trabaho. Hindi lang naman sa blood extraction. Minsan sa hema, parang sakit sa ulo agad pag puro may dengue yung morning pick. Toxic agad! Sa histopath, mas gusto mo yung maganda yung unang slide na gagawin mo. Minsan pinipili pa nga kung ano yung pinakamadali i-cut na tissue block para yung unang slide e perfect agad. Sa micro, ayaw mo na bumungad sayo yung plate na madaming mixed colonies, sakit din kasi sa ulo yung madaming ire-reisolate na colony. Sa blood bank din, nakakagulat din yung pagpasok mo e ang daming blood bags ang kelangan ng mga pasyente tapos kulang yung available na stock. Nakupo! Kung pwede lang magdonate ng sampung bag araw-araw e d ginawa na yun ng lahat ng blood bank staff. Sa madaling sabi, nakakasira ng araw kung panget yung simula mo sa trabaho. Sabi nga nila, "Start the day right." E pano nga ba talaga kung may halong malas yung araw mo?
Bilang Med Tek kasi, hindi naman maiiwasan yung ka-toxican. Hindi rin maiiwasan yung sablay n extraction. Hindi talaga maiiwasan yung mga problema sa lab. Ang tingin ko lang, bilang propesyonal, dapat handa tayo.  Dapat marunong humarap sa problema, sa kamalian, sa ka-toxican kahit na kasisimula pa lang ng araw. Kung may mangyari sayo na 'di kaaya-aya, relaks lang... chill lang! Hinga lang ng malalim na parang kukunan ng dugo tapos back to work na. Ganun naman talaga e.
Wala naman kasing problema na hindi kayang lampasan. Sabi nga nung isang Med Tek na kilala ko, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." Hindi ko alam kung saan nya sinotto yan. Pero tama naman. Sa propesyon natin, alam na natin yun. Routine na lang yan sa atin. Minsan ayos na din para magkaroon ng extra challenge yung  "already challenging" na Med Tek life natin.
Basta ako, ayaw ko talaga yung panget na start ng trabaho. Mas gusto ko na swabe yung simula para tuloy-tuloy lang. Kamot sa ulo lang kasi yung solusyon sa missed extraction e. Joke lang ha! hahaha! Just do your best to start the day right. Kahit ano pa man yan, kahit gaano ka-toxic, matatapos din yan.






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old friends, same laughter

It has been a couple of years seen I last met my classmates in college. I graduated three years ago... Psych! Let's just say I haven't seen them for a long time. Half of them are still Med Teks, but in different field of expertise if I may say. Some are in research, some are in the reference laboratory, one in the nuclear medicine department, and some are in the heart station. Less than half were doctors. And the remaining few have taken a different career, not related to healthcare. You can just imagine how hard it is to schedule a date that everyone could attend. The doctors are the hardest to get a free day. It seems like they do not rest. Maybe they really don't. Most of the Med Teks were free on the weekend. And yes, I know what you're thinking, only senior staffs get an off during the weekends. We're not old, we're an exception. Haha!
Amid all the trouble getting our schedules right, we finally had a day when everyone is free. Although we still had a few colleagues who really wished could be there.

The reunion, sort of,  was just crazy! It was a laugh trip. Everyone was just reminiscing the good old days. Everyone was just sharing stories that everybody still recalls. We all remembered this one time where we had to do an impromptu speech or act for our english class (I forgot what it was exactly but it was impromptu). I did a radio dj, one had to do a speech as a mayor, another one had to portray a diligent student. But the funniest ones were of course the unforgettable ones. My classmate, after reading what he has to do, just run across the front row and out of nowhere shouted "MOTHER!!!". Hahaha! I don't even know if you find it funny but it sure is to us. This was also the time when the infamous "CHETER" word was born, it's theatre actually. The group talked for hours about a lot of funny but memorable times during english class. I'm not sure why english class but I guess we were so active in this class. Kudos to Ma'am Aranda, I'm sure you're not reading this! We sang Bob Dylan songs (can't remember why). We sang the chorus ("the answer my friend is blowing in the wind!") but just hummed through the rest of the lyrics while our classmate who plays the guitar doesn't even know how to play the song. We did jazz chants or so we thought. I'm just happy I did not belong to other group who has to wear those stockings-like customes. Everyone was just laughing hard remembering all these. Even a phrase or just one word could make us smile. Examples are "Boneless", "RSJ",  "Kangaroo punch", any words that rhymes with "chu" and many more. Who could forget Angel or Jollibee or Jeds Tonegawa or Aprub? Even the bad things were funny. In Filipino class, we had to report something that involves a process or proceso. I was surprised that some could still remember that I did an Origami. But the professor got angry that one of my classmate showed how to make pastillas. I guess she got angry because everyone was just eating during and after the proceso. There are other stuff that were bad that seems funny now but I chose not to write it. Hahaha. If playing inside the lab is bad, then I guess playing outside is just fine. But what if your 6 foot tall classmate is spinning your less than 5 foot classmate around like a centrifuge machine? I guess they had fun, they called  their game: Centrifuge-Centrifuge.
And of course, back then we celebrate everyday for no apparent reason. So you could just imagine how we celebrate birthdays! Party?! That's just too lame for us. We went wild and had a trip to Manila Zoo! Hahaha. Those were the good old days.

We also talked about what we do now. How our lives are after college. But every time we talked about the present, it just connects everything to our college days. Then it ends up with a story back when we were still Med Tek students. We had a lot of fun back in college. The lectures and lab works were definitely taken seriously but with our class, it all felt light. The day we had was a crazy day to say the least. Everyone was just talking if we can do it again. Maybe not next month. Maybe next year. Or maybe after a couple more.  But the bottom line is, we very much missed each other's company. And hell yeah, we're going to do this again.




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