Ethics of letting go

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 06/05/2023

Doctor, please do everything!” I am quite sure that at one point in your life, you have either been a patient, a relative, or a friend who found himself involved in making crucial medical decisions and felt…

Conversations with Sisters

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 05/01/2023

Barely 5 feet in height, slightly stooped but very much agile despite the advancing years, she comes through the gate and straight to me to give me a tight hug. Finally, I get to meet the owner…

Ex-Lamitan mayor, aide, guard killed in Ateneo shooting

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 07/24/2022

Updated @ 10:58 p.m., Sunday, July 24, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Former Mayor  Rose Furigay of Lamitan, Basilan, was shot dead on Sunday afternoon at the Areté complex inside the Atenede de Manila campus in Quezon City…

Lessons in physician accountability

Kay Rivera - @inquirerdotnet 08/23/2021

This week, we saw the highest health official in the nation wail about the Department of Health (DOH) being flagged by the Commission on Audit. For myself and my own colleagues in different corners of the health…

MHAM hosts 228 new physicians’ oathtaking in Cebu hotel

Gresheen Gift M. Libby 05/09/2019

  CEBU City, Philippines — For the fifth time in a row, the Mathias H. Aznar Memorial College of Medicine, Inc. hosted the oathtaking for the new physicians in Waterfront Cebu Hotel and Casino. At least 228…

Paying it forward: Cebu graduate, Physicians Board topnotcher, plans to serve community for 2 years

Immae Lachica 03/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After placing third in this years Physicians Board Exams, Daniel Cajayon Panaglima, who is now a full-fledged doctor, said he would serve the community for two years, especially those in his hometown in…

2 Cebu graduates top Physician Licensure Exam

Marc Cosep 03/15/2018

  Two medical school graduates in Cebu City topped the March 2018 Physician Licensure Examination. Jay Ruyeras, a graduate from the Southwestern University Matias H. Aznar Memorial College of Medicine, placed second with an average of 88…

MHAM graduate lands 4th place in Physician Licensure Exam

03/24/2017

A graduate of Matias H. Aznar Memorial (MHAM), Dr. Maude Sang-an Tabigue, landed fourth place in the March 2017 Physician Licensure Examination with a score of 87%; making her the lone top-notcher from Central Visayas. Out of…

2 die in road mishaps in south Cebu

Rene Alima 02/11/2017

TWO died while three others got injured in separate road accidents in the southern Cebu towns of Alcantara and Oslob. Joel Isugan, 50, of Barangay Palanas, Alcantara, was pronounced dead at the Badian District Hospital.Hospital PO1 Erwin…

Physician nabbed with sachets of suspected shabu in Cordova

Norman V. Mendoza 11/27/2016

A physician was arrested by the police on Saturday afternoon after he was caught in possession of suspected shabu inside his clinic in Cordova town on Mactan Island. Dr. Benjamin Degamo, 42, who lives and holds clinic…

Free medical services for San Fernando folks

PR 11/16/2016

SEVEN physicians and two dentists joined community leaders and volunteer employees in a medical mission recently organized by Taiheiyo Cement Philippines Inc. (TCPI) and Solid Earth Development Corp. in Barangay Bugho, San Fernando town, southern Cebu. A…

Cebuano tops doctors’ exam

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/17/2016

AL PATRICK Cajandab Alajas is living his dream to be a doctor, the first in his family. He topped the March 2016 Physician Licensure Examination, with a rating of 88.67 percent. A schoolmate, Francine Nayra Diloy, ranked…

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