A new, P559 million, modern medical center is set to rise in Quezon City, with the construction of a new 250-bed Quezon City General Hospital (QCGH). On February 13, 2009, Quezon City Mayor Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte, Jr. awarded the contract for the redevelopment of QCGH, to the winning bidder, Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation, at ceremonies held at Quezon City Hall.Belmonte explained, “the new facility will expand the access of Quezon City’s poor to modern, efficient yet very affordable medical care.” The new building will occupy 1.2 hectares of the 3.2 hectare Barangay Bahay Toro compound of QCGH. This will be a 5-storey medical facility, with a 10,000 sq. m. floor area. The parameters for the design were the product of a special study team formed by the Mayor, composed of consultants from the Department of Health, as well as doctors, architects and engineers of the City government.

Quezon City’s new medical center will have the following other features:

40-bed emergency complex
Operating rooms with 8-bed capacity
Intensive care unit with a 26-bed capacity
Centralized medical gas and vacuum system
Full emergency electrical power supply generator
Vital auxiliary systems for communication, nurse call, and security and emergency systems
Modern sewage treatment plants and solid waste management facilities.

The City government’s design parameters also ensures that it will have a safety-conscious building design and material finishes, with tight seismic and wind factor, fire-resistivity, non-toxic, anti-bacterial, hypo-allergenic, anti-static, sound absorbent and non-slippery finishes.

The Belmonte Administration’s infrastructure investments in upgrading and expanding the City’s public health facilities have now exceeded P605 million, in addition to continuous funding for supplies and equipment for its health centers.

Planned also is the construction of another City hospital, focused on providing modern, diagnostic services, especially for the largely depressed population in District 2. In addition, the Mayor has assigned a new management team at the Novaliches District Hospital to ensure better services, and to guide the upgrading of its new facilities in line with the need of its constituents and the health service objectives of the City government.

by Francis Magalona

So many faces, so many races
Different voices, different choices
Some are mad, while others laugh
Some live alone with no better half
Others grieve while others curse
And others mourn behind a big black hearse
Some are pure and some half-bred
Some are sober and some are wasted
Some are rich because of fate and
Some are poor with no food on their plate
Some stand out while others blend
Some are fat and stout while some are thin

Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most, yeah

Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin’ round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world

-Pedicab live at SM North EDSA Annex! Kasama ko si Ronald.

-Government take over Grand Central! 2 days sarado ang Grand, kaya no DDR.. huhuhu..

-Sabi ni Yesha, Ma’am Cherry Chastain of FEU MDC died because of BCA. So sad….

-Pumunta kami ni Owie sa 3rd PInoy RN Expo sa SM Megamall.

-Lagi na alng kumakain sa Violy Bee… Hay.. kasawa…

-At exact 12:00 pm, binalita sa Eat Bulaga na pumanaw na nga si Francis M.

After ng duty sa Patho at OPD, nag bonding ang Group 8 sa isang private resort somewhere in the Earth.

Pumunta muna ng Trinoma. Bumili ng mga machichibogan. Trimona namin ang mix ng GSM Blue + Sprite + Gatorade Blue. Nagstop over din sa tapat ng St. Jame’s.

HInihintay si Sir Mike sa Trinoma…

Lameeeeeeeg!!

Helpfff!

Videoke maniac! Cheers!

Ouch! Chaket ng gingivitis ko!

Paperworks, paperworks and paperworks.

Si Ma’am Prescy ang headnurse namin dito, kasama niya si Ma’am Connie. Friday palang nag orientation na kami sa OPD (Out Patient Department) para hindi toxic sa Monday. Meron itong pediatrics, obstetrics & gynecology, opthalmology, eent, surgery, family medicine, internal medicine, consultant’s clinic, dental, psychiatry at physical therapy & rehabilitation center.

OPD Surgery

Baby gandang liit in OPD OB

Paperworks….

Pile of sh*ts…

OMG! Paano ako napunta diyan!?!?

Joseph staring at the large poster in OPD… Tingnan natin kung anong hinahanap niya..

Waaaaah! Ang sinasabing blue baby sa poster!!! Katakot!

March 10 - Nagpa ECG (electrocardiogram) ako sa IM. Sabi ni Dr. Loreto, ang result ay

Normal Sinus Rythm

March 11- Nagpa X-ray ako sa Radiology department. Ang nakalagay sa finding ay

Normal Chest Findings

-Nakita ko na ang Doogi Doogi sa Megamall. Mukha talaga siyang drum set! Pero mas maganda pa rin ang mga songs sa DM/PF!

-P.R.O. nga pala si Joseph sa QCGH RNNT Org

-New friends ko sa DDR Extreme: Anne (isang RN, nagre revire ng NCLEX), Michael at Ellaine

-Nakita ko ang classmte namin ni Ian Tabag na si Mommy sa QCGH Payward! Sa Novagen College na siya nag aaral at affiliated nila ang QCGH.

-May bagong construction sa tapat ng QCGH, extension daw ito ng ospital. Expected to be completed before the 2010 election, the new 5-6 storey building will recruit 500 RNS!

Isa sa mga pa petiks-petiks na area sa QCGH - may aircon at may TV! (ngeeh..)

One week lang kami dito, hati ang group 8 (nasa OPD ang kalahati). Meron itong Bleeding Area, Bacteriology, Blood Bank and Serology, Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Microscopy at Reagents Room. Para kaming Med Tech dito dahil kami mismo ang nage extract ng blood from donor. Before that, blood typing muna using Epiclone Monoclonal Grouping Reagents. Kinukuha din namin ang hematocrit ng donor, kukuha kami ng sample ng blood sa capillets at ilalagay sa Hettich Hematocrit Centrifuge. After 5 minutes, ime- measure na namin ito sa IEC International Micro-Capillary Reader. Normal hematocrit: Females 0.36 - 0.44, Males 0.39 - 0.50

Philippine Childern’s Medical Center

Sinama kami ni Sir sa PCMC (Philippine Childern’s Medical Center) sa Quezon Avenue. Dinala namin ang isang coleman ng blood bag sa Philippine Blood Center sa 2nd floor ng ospital.

 With Jayson, Iris, joy and Sam at Bleeding Area

 One more time…

 Blood extraction!

 Ilalagay sa ultralow ref, para makain ulit bukas!

 Look what I’ve found!!

 Ha? Ano bang ginagawa ko dito!?

 Hmm… May internet ba ang computer na ‘to??

Wala lang…

-Nagpa check-up ulit si Tito Cezar sa QCGH. This time sa OPD kami pumunta. Si Doc Nodado ang nag check up sa kanya at niresetahan siya ng Diclowal Retard. Nakakuha kami ng isang box ng Diclofenac sa Trauma Ward at mga syringes. TY Iris!

-Pumunta ako sa Robinson’s Bank Blg sa Ortigas Center after ng duty ko sa QCGH. Nirefer ako ni Rachel sa Pharmanex. After, kumain sa McDo sa El Pueblo.

-Francis M. died

The Superproxy …

-Bumili si TJ ng DDR dance pad kila Henry

-DDR is considered now as a sport

February 23-24, 2009

Kasama ko si Faye, Allen at Foz (RNNT din sa QCGH). Medyo nakulangan ako ng tulog noong 1st day kasi nag 10pm-6am ako bago pumunta sa LCP at 7 am. orientation muna kami sa Nurse Training Room then diretso na sa mga assgned areas, sa 3C at 3D ako na assigned. 3 pm pa lang umuwi na ako. My duty ako ng 6-2 sa QCGH noon pero nag absent ako para ma-complete ko ang 6-6-2. Luckily, na complete na ang form ko!

Well, well, well… Anong kalokohan ‘to??

Tatlong bugok.. sinong ang may pinakamalaking noo?

Sa 3C Nurse Station ng LCP.. dito ako naka-assigned kasama ang likod nitong 3D

Document, document, document!!!

March 5, 2009

Pinasa ko na ang IVT Form ko, duly signed by the Chief Nurse of LCP. Nagbayad na rin ng P400. After2 months ko pa raw makukuha ang IVT License Card.

ANSAP Office sa 4th floor… Dalian niyo sa license card ko!!!

-Ahm.. I really don’t know

-Plano ko mag Middle East.. specifically Dubai

-Si Proserfina ang babaeng hinugot sa aking tadyang

-Nawawala talaga USB ko huhuhu

-Confirmed! My EZ2D, DMX at PF9 sa Puregold Monumento! Play kami ni TJ!

-Eraserheads Live: The Final Set! on March 7, 2009

-98.2% na ang passing rate ng Royal Pentagon

-Umattend kami n General Assembly of Nurse Trainee sa QCGH, pumili na ng mga officer. Si Jayson (ka group ko) ang secretary!

-Code 86 = Code Blue

-DDR Update: Natapos ko na ang Paranoia Survivor 270

-Nakita ko si Henny sa Hypermarket going to the gym, pasado siya sa LCP

-Nag-swimming kaming Group 8

Hindi ako sure sa mga balitang ire:

-Si Ma’am Arquiza na daw ang bagong Dean ng FEU-IN??

-Totoo bang over Php40,000.00 na ang starting tuition ng FEU-IN for 1st Year 1st Sem?

-Expired na daw si Sir Peralta??

Pero ito ang totoo:

-Fourth FEU campus to be rise in Silang, Cavite in 2010

-Hangaroo for Nurses! Must Try! Click here to play!

-Tumaya ako ng Super Lotto 6/49 (Total Jackpot: Php330,000,000.00). Tatlong number ang nakuha ko!! Sayang!!!

-Max Project Updates: Easy na sa akin ang Max 300! Natapos ko na ang Maxx Unlimited!

-Road trip kami ni Dex sa likod QCGH! Gusto daw niyang mag CI!

-Slumdog’s Millionaire, The Watchman, Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li

Dahil sa over supply ng RN’s dito sa Pinas (120,000 RNs plus another 40,000 from November 2008)) at hindi nakakahanap ng trabaho, nag launch ng program ang government. Tinawag nila itong Nurses Assigned in the Rural Service (NARS) Program. Ang mga RNs ay maa-assign sa over 1,000 poorest town dito sa Pinas, with a salary of Php8,000 per month plus benefits from LGU, GSIS, PhilHealth, and others.

Go to there website by clicking here. To apply, simply fill the form here.

-At least 39,455 or 44.51% out of 88,649 examinees that took the November 2008 Nursing Board have passed. The 2008 topnotcher of the nursing board exam is Jovie Ann Alawas Decoyna of Baguio Central University. (Source: Professional Regulatory Commission). May pumasok from FEU, pang fourth.

-Pasado si Jem!!!! Congrats! Whoooo!!

-Birthday ni Ted noong Feb. 20, binilhan namin ni Faye ng ‘mini cake’! Kain kami sa McDo at Naglaro ng DDR Supernova 2 sa Timezone!

-Nakilala ko sila Henry (chinezzzze), TJ (Zjinc member), Alex (from SM Manila), Ronald and Veronica, Ranny ang Mark (tambay) sa DDR Extreme, Tom’s World, Grand Central

-Bumili ako ng digital thermometer sa Bambang..

-New! Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion

-Napanood kong nagalaro ang former classmate ko sa Kyoka na si Bernice Gale sa Game KNB.

3rd Area namin ang Trauma Ward, isa sa pinakamadugong ward ng QCGH (mga common dignosis kasi nila ang gunshot wound at stab wound). Meron itong Male/Female Trauma Ward, Male/Female Optha Ward (opthalmology cases like Senile Mature Catarct, post op ECCP PCIOL), Male/Female Oto Ward (for EENT patient like post op Tracheostomy), Burn Unit, Isolation Room at Gyne. Si Ma’am Analie Villanueva ang head nurse namin, together with her staffs Christine Apostoles, Ma’am Leilanie, Sheryl Cauinan, Sir Ronald Quilban etc.

Sangkatutak na charts!!

Peace and OK!

Group 8 at Trauma Ward Nurse Station

With Trauma head nurse, Ma’am Analie Villanueva

Sa aming tambayan at kainan - Violybee, vida ang sarap!

Wow, ang ganda ng kamay!

Sa auto ni Sir Mike

Naglalaro ng baraha sa food court!

-Nakita ko na ang sinasabi ni Sir Neil na  ‘diyosa’ ng QCGH!

-Si Nemesis ang pinakamahirap na boss enemy sa FFX, sila Earth Eater, Greater Sphere, Shinryu at Th’uban pa lang ang napalabas ko sa Monster Arena

-Naka 1,100+ Combo ako sa Non-stop mode ng DDR!

-Sa Pizza Galore nagta trabho si Hermi, tumatambay ako doon bago umuwi.

-Nakita ko ulit si Khat Chavez sa QCGH (mommy niya kasi si Ma’am Joy ng OR) pati ang kapatid niyang nag-aaral din sa kyoka.

-Inuman nanaman kila Mickey