Here
are some helpful Medical information and links
Cebu has many top quality health care services. From
cardiologists to cosmetic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons to dentist who
can provide the whole range of services. Every specialty is covered as
most Drs have practiced in the States and other places around the
world. Cebu has world class hospitals; great nursing schools and
options for live in Registered Nurses (RN’s) and Licensed Vocational
Nurses (LVN's) at low prices.
If you want a good doctor and good hospital Cebu is world
class. For a more than fair fee you can get great medical treatment
here. However, get a recommendation here or at the forums of www.livinginthephilippines.com or www.liviningcebu.com. Don't just use an
online directory. Get a recommendation from here or someone
first.
There are many other great doctors and surgeons not listed
here who have decided living in their own beautiful country is more
important than the money they were making in the States or elsewhere.
Now, after working overseas where they were able to save money, they
can afford the luxury of living here, where their income is much
lower, but their life is happier.
A lot of people come to the Philippines for a "medical
vacation”. Philippine prices and hospitality will allow enjoy
a resort and get everything you need done while recovering and being
waited on at the beach.
Health
Insurance
You, If you
are interested in medical, health insurance, I recommend Medibroker,
and international firm that will cover you here and any place you may
travel in the world. Just click on Medibroker.
IMG also offers quality insurance products to individuals, families and
groups living and traveling internationally. Spanning over three
decades, IMG Global has delivered superior service and security to
thousands of members in 150 countries. http://www.imglobal.com
There is also
Blue
Cross (www.bluecross.com.ph) – medical
insurance.
Relatives,
For your Filipino relatives who have no hospitalization
insurance, there is a government program I highly recommend, http://www.philhealth.gov.ph.
This is not practical for expats unless you are married to a Filipino,
but is better than nothing. And many Filipinos who have no
hospitalization find it a blessing, since the whole family can be
covered for P100 per month. This is only for in patient treatment, and
of course the coverage is limited.
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Hospitals
There are currently four large,
and privately owned, tertiary hospitals operating in the city that are
modern and of international standards: Cebu
Doctors' University Hospital, Chong
Hua Hospital, Perpetual
Soccour Hospital and Visayas
Community Medical Center. Other tertiary hospitals can also
be found within the metro area. There are three government hospitals,
one run by the city, the other which is the biggest is run by the
province, while the third which is a mother and child hospital is
directly under the Department of Health.
Cebu
City Medical Center
Osmena Blvd., Cebu City
Tel. (63-32) 255-714`1
Cebu Doctors Hospital
www.Cebudoctorshospital.com
Osmena Blvd., Cebu City
Tel. (63-32) 253-7511
Cebu Velez General Hospital
F. Raaamos St., Cebu City
Tel. (63-32) 253-1871
Chong Hua Hospital
www.chonghua.com.ph
Don Mariano Cui St.,Cebu City
Tel. (63-32) 254-1461 |
Lapu-Lapu
District Hospital
Gun-ob, Laapu-Lapu City
Tel. (63-32) 340-0248
Mactan Community Hospital
Basak., Lapu-Lapu City
Tel. (63-32) 340-3721
Perpetual Socour Hospital
Gorordo, Cebu City
Tel. (63-32) 232-2410
Philippine National Red Cross
Tel. (63-32) 253-4611
Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
B. Rodriguez St., Cebu City
Tel. (63-32) 255-1591 |
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Prescription
Drugs
For medications
you may want for to order from your own country, including Viagra,
and even weight loss medications. Most medications are available here at
about the same price you pay in the States, but watch out for expired
drugs or counterfeit drugs at less than quality drug stores. Some drugs
are not available here or some are even more expensive than in the
States. Tere is a risk of getting counterfeit drugs here.
As
for medicine costs here, Cebu and the Philippines has Mercury Drug which
is like a Walgreens in the US. They do have a website https://www.mercurydrug.com
and email address: info@mercurydrug.com
so you can Email them to obtain Rx prices.
The
other solution is to order via the internet from Canada. Usually you get
better prices than from the States. Use Drug Delivery, http://www.drugdelivery.ca
for prompt service and good prices for drugs.
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Physical
Therapy
The
Philippines is famous for its physical therapy programs. A stroke
victim or some one with a back problem, or just someone who wants a
really great massage will get the best service at the very low prices.
I have a back problem, and I pay US $3.00 for a one hour session.
It is $4.50 with ultra sound and traction. Most of these
Philippine physical therapist have passed the US boards. Some
physical therapists are waiting for their appointments in other
countries.
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Cardiologists
Philip
S. Chua, M.D. is the Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery of the Cebu
Cardiovascular Center of the Cebu Doctors’ Hospital, Cebu City,
Philippines, where he and his team perform open heart surgery. He
trained under the world-renowned heart transplant surgeon, Denton A.
Cooley, M.D., at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas. He is the
President of the Philippine Heart Cebu, and of the Cardiovascular
Surgery Associates in Munster, Indiana, U.S.A., where he also practices
and does cardiac surgery. His e-mail address is philip@chua.net
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OB-GYN.
Philippine Filipina Gynecologist - Obstetrics -Gynecology.
Dra.
Casquejo is a filipina Gynecologist doctor is not only good at her
specialty but a good counselor. A happily married young doctor who knows
how to make a marriage work. She has and excellent personality spiced by
an overflowing sense of humor and energy. She comes highly recommend.
She has helped many women here with her counseling, friendship and work
in her medical specialty, OB-GYN. Obstetrics -Gynecology. If you are in
Cebu I think your wife/fiancé/friend or fa2mily member would be happy
and eventually thrilled with her services.
Dra.
Eleanor H. Casquejo, M. D.
Available M,W, Th, F, 1 to 5pm. Sat only by appointment.
Room 308, Chong Hua Medical Arts Building
Tel 032 253 8607
e-mail kcasquejo@hotmail.com
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Cosmetic
Surgery, Face Lifts, Breast Implants, etc.
Dr.
Jesusito Zubiri is one of the few plastic surgeons in the Philippines
who has the ability to combine technical skill with an artist's view of
beauty. With 25 years of experience, he approaches each patient with the
meticulous eye of a craftsman whose hand is agile, but whose heart is in
his craft.
Cosmetic
surgery is a bargain here. The face lift is $3,000 US including
hospitalization, anesthesia, operating room and medicine. The eyes only,
up and down, can be done for about $900 US in a doctor’s office. And
you go home immediately afterward. The eyes alone, can really make a
difference.
Breast
augmentation (breast implants) are becoming common in Cebu. Dr.
Zubiri suggested for breast implants including hospitalization,
anesthesia, operating room and medicine are P130,000. Prices are
the same for "big ones" vs. "regulars". However Dok
(as doctors and doctoras are called here) only commented that he
would not make them so big they would not be harmful to a woman's body,
what ever that means.
Dr,
Zubiri, after my research and in my opinion, the best cosmetic surgeon
in Cebu. He is US experienced and trained. He completed residency
training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Bridgeport Hospital, a
Yale University affiliate hospital in Connecticut. Then Dr. Zubiri
worked in plastic a reconstructive Surgery at the New York University
Medical Center. That includes Bellevue Hospital Center and Manhattan Eye
Ear and Throat Hospital. He graduated from University of the Philippines
College of Medicine. And he has practiced in Plastic Surgery in Cebu
City for past 23 years. He has many satisfied foreign and local
patients. His follow up care, concern for the pre and post operative
process is considerable, sometimes lacking with others. And his prices
are very competitive compared to other Philippine Cosmetic surgeons.
Here
is a list of surgeries preformed by Dr. Zubiri:
o
Upper
& lower eyelid surgery
o
Nose
surgery, augmentation
o
Nose
surgery, reduction
o
Face
lift
o
Forehead,
brow lift
o
Temporal
lift
o
Ear
tucking
o
Chin
augmentation
o
Tummy
tuck (abdominoplasty)
o
Liposuction
o
Breast
augmentation (enlargement)
o
Breast
lift
o
Breast
reduction
o
Botox
injection
Dr.
Zubiri’s office is next to Doctors hospital in Cebu City.
Tel: 63-32 254 7999
FAX: 63-32 254 6608.
E-mail him at:
jszubiri@cutforapurpose.com
or Inquiry@cutforapurpose.com
Website:
www.cutforapurpose.com
Check
with him for latest prices, and of course, and check the peso rate.
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Getting
Emergency Blood Donations
This
is from the US Embassy website to help point others in the event
emergency medical information is needed. List Member, JD 8/27/05.
Blood
Donation (RH Negative)
The blood banks at the Makati Medical Center and St. Luke's Medical
Center (both in Metro Manila) maintain lists of possible donors of Rh
Negative blood. In addition, the American Association of the
Philippines maintains a similar list of possible donors.
The American Association of the Philippines can be contacted at (02)
892-5198 during normal working hours. During non-office hours, please
contact the Embassy Duty Officer at (02) 528-6300.
We
have seen over the years a typical flurry of activity when someone needs
blood. It's super when someone wants to help, but often ineffective if
in the wrong place or direction. This is the
source when it comes to blood in the Philippines the Philippine Red
Cross: http://www.redcross.org.ph
We as Americans are so used to hearing the words "American Red
Cross" that we forget that it is part of an international
organization which serves the whole world.
Here
is the US
Embassy Website Philippines for additional information that
may be helpful to members in the future for Medical
Emergency Information:
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Online
Travel Registration Service
The
State Department recently launched a secure online travel registration
website which will allow you, as an American citizen, to record foreign
trip and residence information that the Department of State can use to
communicate with you and assist you in case of an emergency. U.S.
citizens around the world who travel or reside abroad can access this
site either through a link on TRAVEL.STATE.GOV or directly
at https://travelregistration.state.gov.
We invite you
to register yourself and your family and get acquainted with travel
registration. (Also see, http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwha020.html)
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Links
Generated
links from: http://www.worldwidirectory.com/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Society/Sciences/Medicine/
& http://www.wayblima.com
Colleges and
Universities in Philippines - by web popularity ranking
(4icu.org)
– 99 Cebu Institute of Medicine: Cebu City: 100 Pasig Catholic
College: Pasig City: 101 Asian College of Science and Technology: Quezon
City, Muntinlupa City, Baliuag, Bayawan City, Cabanatuan City, Cagayan
De ...
Blue
Cross (www.bluecross.com.ph) – medical
insurance
Body
and Sole (www.bodyandsolephilippines.com)
– A growing chain of day spas with headquarters in Cebu City
Calmoseptine
Phils., Inc. (www.calmoseptineointment.com) –
A cure-all ointment made in Cebu
Cebu Doctors' University-College of Medicine Alumni Website (www.Cducm-alumni.org)
The CDU Alma Mater song performed by CDU College of Nursing
choir. Click here to listen to their angelic rendition. powered by ODEO.
To CDU our Alma Mater
Cebu
Doctors' Hospital (www.cebudoctorshospital.com) –
One of the best hospitals in the Philippine. Welcome To Cebu Doctors'
University Hospital. Internal Medicine Laboratory Lithotripter Center
List Of Doctors (By Specialty) Cardiovascular Surgery, 2006 Cebu
Doctors' University Hospital.
Cebu Doctors' University. CDU-College of Medicine Alumni Website (www.cebudoctorsuniversity.edu) –
The alumni website was launched on December 2005 as an added ... This is
a privilege earned by Cebu Doctors’ after attaining the standards
required in a ...
Cebu
Institute Of Medicine (www.cim.edu.ph)
– A leading doctor's
college, affiliated with Velez.
Chong
Hua Hospital (www.chonghua.com.ph)
– A private general hospital in Cebu City.
Cebu Institute of Medicine (Cim.edu.ph ) – is one of the recognized five Centers of
Excellence, nationwide. Its over-all passing percentage in the
Philippine Medical Board Examination is 95.37% from 1994-1998 and
...
Central Maine Medical Center (Cmmc.org) residency: Internal medicine, Cebu City Medical
Center-Cebu Doctor's College of Medicine Consortium, Cebu City,
Philippines; Internal medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y
Department of Surgery -
Wilmo C. Orejola, MD (Asp.cpmc.columbia.edu) Luna Medical
Center, Quezon City, Philippines: 1970-1974 : MD: Cebu Institute of
Medicine, Cebu City, Philippines: 1966-1970 : BS, Magna cum Laude:
Divine Word University, Tacloban City, Philippines
Dr
Jesusito Zubiri (www.cutforapurpose.com) - A leading plastic
surgeon in Cebu.
JB
Orchid Pharmaceuticals, Inc
(www.jborchid.com) – A
drug manufacturing firm in Consolacion, Cebu
Kainos
Helath Management (www.kainoshealth.net)
– A health management solutions provider for businesses as well as
families.
Mercury
Drug (www.mercurydrug.com) – A Manila-based
chain of pharmacies
Micro-Biological
Laboratory, Inc. (www.microlabphils.com.ph) – A distributor
of medical equipment and instruments
Midwest Internal
Medicine (Midintmed.com)
– Dr. Richie P. Bast. CURRICULUM VITAE . Education. Doctor of Medicine
Cebu (Velez) Institute of Medicine Philippines: 1991: University of San
Carlos, Philippines: 1987: Internship. Cebu (Velez) General
Hospital
Northern
Transcriptionworks (Pinoysites.org)
– A medical transcription outsourcing company based in Cebu City
www.northerntworks.com
QUNO
Solutions (www.qunosolutions.com)
– A local medical transcription company serving the US market.
Red Cross - Philippines: (www.redcross.org.ph)
Search by Medical
School. Search Philippine medical schools (Doktorko.com) – Philippine Medical Schools. This lists all
medical schools in the Philippines our doctors graduated ...
Sight
First Clinics (www.sightfirstclinics.com) – A chain of
vision clinics in Cebu
St. Joseph's Hospital
(Stjoebreese.com) –
Clinton County, Breese, Illinois--Physicians. Internal Medicine: Medical
School: Cebu Institute of Medicine Cebu City, Philippines. Residency
...
Silliman University Medical School (Su.edu.ph) – Cebu
Institue of Medicine, Cebu City – 1984 Diplomate, Philippine College
of Orthopedic Surgeons. Dr. Caesar Antonio O. Ligo, Internal Medicine
and Pulmonary Medicine.
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