He took us round the hospital telling us about the history of foundation as we walked along . The PGH was a product of the American Colonization and was founded at 1907, 11 years after they landed their foot in the Philippines . The UPCM was founded at 1905 , 3 years before the UP Manila was founded. The PGH had 4 blocks , namely the general OPD , Sentro Ophthalmologico (Ophthal centre) , Orthopedic and the Main building . The OPD was donated by the Japanese while the Sentro was donated by the Spanish . There are 16 wards to accommodate the huge amount of patients . According to the PGH director , which we met later in the afternoon , PGH received 5% of the total Philippines population , although there are some 1500 hospitals nationwide . Just imagine the crowd expected in PGH everyday. If there are more stalls set up along the corridors , you can might self call it market. It's really really crowded. Patients have to wait up to a year for the next follow up , or even share beds. Now you know how it is like...
I enjoyed my chat with Renzo , which included the topics of climate change towards public health , AMSA activities as well as some medical knowledge. We toured the rehab centre and the psychiatry ward for the 1 hr 30 min slot before returning to UPCM at 10am. The session was very enriching especially when Renzo conveyed his fascinating ideas and thoughts.
We headed to the Plasticine room at the Anatomy Department while waiting for the other group to join us . We went to Sasha's house for lunch . It was packed Jollibee - Chicken Joy , as they call it. Her house was so wonderful and cosy but we had to leave to meet the dean of med school . We managed to meet 2 assc Deans as the Dean was busy with his office matters. They were both very friendly people =) We also noticed that our UKM Dean , Prof Datuk Dr. Lokman Saim was at the UPCM for an international conference regarding temporal bone dissection but we were not able to meet him , sadly... To meet someone from my own country abroad will certainly be exciting , especially when its our own Dean !
The most interesting session of all day was the dissection hall session with the 1st years ^^ They were in the GIT module when we joined them . I had a chance to took a peek at the gross anatomy of the GIT even before classes start . Unanimously , we will be having our GIT module once school reopens. Nevertheless , I did more chatting with my new friends rather than discussing on what was happening on the cadever . Their dissection hall was small , with 16 tables ( and cadevers ) for the students to use . Every 6-8 students shared one cadever . The interesting part was that they have to dissect everything on their own . And they are only in their 1st year of medical school ! I really hoped that i have a chance to dissect my own cadever....T.T It was so fun opening layer by layer and removing the fascia to undercover the structures in the GIT . Before the GIT , they had already removed the lung and the heart .
We met up with some students from the Uni Of Santo Thomas , which also had AMSA and AMSEP members . The meeting with them was a real fun one but we had only approximately 3 hours before bidding them goodbye. I wished that i would be able to visit their uni one day and have more interaction with them . We walked around old Manila and along the Manila Bay . We dropped by Robbinsons for a birthday celebration for Joanna Choa .
Our farewell dinner was at Chimoms house. It was rather small ( considering she stays alone) but still had ample space to contain all of us . As usual , there was lots of food and Dalvie will be going around asking us 'is it nice' and 'have more' . haha....We had lots of fun and conversations . Most of us gave feedback on the program . Thanks to AMSEP Philippines for all the sacrifices they had made , and all the effort in order to make this program a great success. I really felt at home with your hospitality . After the souvenir exchange and karaoke session , we proceeded to the hotel to pack our stuff.
Miss you guys ~ AMSEP Philippines fr UPCM and UST =) may we meet again some other day ~
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