MedTech board exam placer now wants to be a physician
Bryan Gonzaga
Bryan John Antiquina Gonzaga is now getting closer to his dream of becoming a physician for the poor after passing the 2016 Medical Technologist Examination. But he did not just pass. He also aced it.
With a rating of 88.60 percent, Gonzaga ranked 10th among the 2,046 successful examinees. At least 2,596 took the exams on March 9 and 10 in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cebu and Davao.
The result was a pleasant surprise for Gonzaga, a self-confessed “mama’s boy.”
“It was so hard, so I did not expect to be one of the topnotchers,” he said.
Gonzaga is from Barangay Zamora in Bilar town, Bohol but is staying with an aunt in Barangay Calamba in Cebu City.
He graduated cum laude in May 2015 at the Southwestern University, which had overall passing rate of 84.13 percent in the 2016 Medical Technologist Examination.
This meant that out of 63 examinees from SWU, 53 passed.
Gonzaga, 21, credited his success to God and his family who inspired and supported him in his studies.
Gonzaga is the youngest of five siblings. One of the four is a nurse, another works as a seaman while the other is an airline mechanic. His other sibling had just graduated.
His father, Ben, manages their boarding house in Bilar town while his mother worked for their church.
Gonzaga said he was supposed to take up Bachelor of Science in Biology as preparatory course for Medicine.
But his cousin, who worked at SWU, suggested that he take MedTech instead. He agreed.
Now that he finished the course with flying colors, Gonzaga said he would proceed to Medicine to fulfill his dream of becoming a physician for the poor.
Gonzaga said he used to watch TV documentary shows that featured the sad state of poor families who could not afford better health services.
“I want to help these people,” he said.
He said he had no plans of going abroad and would not mind working in a government hospital or in a town.
Gonzaga pointed out that he did not want to go to other countries because he would miss his family in Bohol especially his mother because he is a “mama’s boy.”
He admitted that staying in Cebu was difficult because he always missed his mother.
“I’m not after a big income because as they say…being a doctor, service is the most important,” he added. “Besides, if we are helping other people, God will always provide us with our needs.”
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