China and Eastern Asia Sulong Medisina!!

[chaton]

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hey guys..

i wanted to create a new thread to prep up aspiring doctors..

the Philippine medical scene may look depressing but there is no point in giving up..

i am egging you to support fellow dreamers who still believe that money isn't the true measure of success.. 🙂

isulong poh natin ang medisina..

AJA!! 😀

 

[bleudsky]

whatever happens, don't shift into nursing!!!

hehehe!

 

[jonjonmd]

shift to nursing? errr.. (ahem) 🙄

 

[tantrum]

They don't have to shift to Nursing. They can use Med as pre-Nursing!
It's good to be idealistic while you're young. You will find out how hard to maintain this once you have kids about high school age.

 

[Juve]

I really agree with you Trauma, anyway that's exactly what I'm doing or trying to do. I am currentlly a nurse and pursuing med school, I basically use my nursing degree to save money to reach my dream of becoming a physician.

 

[WaZoBia]

hey guys..

i wanted to create a new thread to prep up aspiring doctors..

the Philippine medical scene may look depressing but there is no point in giving up..

i am egging you to support fellow dreamers who still believe that money isn't the true measure of success.. 🙂

isulong poh natin ang medisina..

AJA!! 😀

are you a medical doctor? cos you sure don't sound like you know the reality of medical training/ practice in the country.

let me share some facts with you.

- most pinoys would like nothing better than to stay in the country and practice but the salary makes it impossible. not in the way your post suggests i.e. cos we believe money is the true measure of success but beacause the pay is unreasonable. i'll give you some examples.

average intern pay in private hospitals
med city - P1000/month (~$20)
makati med - P1800/month
UERM - P2000
St Lukes - no pay

after passing the boards you become a resident and earn ~P8000-P12000 monthly in most private institutions (metro manila) for 3-5 years. after residency some fellowship programs might not even pay you, imagine 2 years of work with no pay.

at the end of med school most doctors are 24-28 years of age, after residency they are 28-35 years old. imagine 35 years old and you still have to live off your parents (you become totally financially dependent on them), you can't pay your rent, you can't pay your kids' school fees, you can barely manage to put food on the table and pay for transportation to the hospital.

this is reality.

you should be posting on the DOH website if they have one. doctors are underpaid and overworked. how would you feel if you knew someone with a BS degree could start working one month after graduation and earn twice as much as you (up to P16000) for 1/4th the time you put in, and you've gone through at least 9 years of training.

the government has got to sit up and address this situation, at the very least increase our salaries so we can feed our families. i'm tired of being told i'm unpatriotic and all i care about is money when i know i'm doing what is best for me and my family.

incoming IMG 😀

 

[tantrum]

I know some doctors post-residency who are still depending on their parents to feed their children. I cannot bear that thought as my family was not rich. I left so I can support myself and not be a burden. Also if you live in Metro Manila or any big city, don't buy into the media and govt propaganda that there is a doctor shortage. There is physician oversupply and too many specialists in big cities. The only reason govt hospital workers are overworked is that the govt is too lame to support health care and do not give proper funds for personnel. The only part of the budget they can squeeze (other than their corruption funds) is the salary of doctors and nurses. That is why there is an artificial unemployment of so many nurses who have to work for free to get some clinical experience. The only shortage is in the remote areas in Mindanao and maybe some areas in the Visayas. There is no nationalized health care and poor people die without seeing a doctor (even if available) as the financial support is not even there.