Friday, November 07, 2008 Marge: You have come a long way baby
WHEN I entered the newspapering business eleven years ago, I did not realize that I would be in this job forever. Sans the wrinkles and layers of love handles, I got my first writing job with Sun.Star Clark (now Sunstar Pampanga!) as a lifestyle editor.
Mind you, this first task literally became my lifestyle! It entailed me to go to parties, events, and concerts almost every day (and night!) Now, with many twists and turns along the way, I realized that this newspaper has already made a name for itself and ho, it has turned into an institution.
As we near our 13th year this month, we look back on the road we have trekked. Sun.Star Pampanga, just like any other business, has its share of ups and downs. People came and went, but we stayed.
Other local newspapers and TV stations sprung up, but we stayed put. I am proud to say that Sun.Star Pampanga has been instrumental for most of the journalists who are now successful in their own fields. Perhaps, it is just a matter of developing love for the paper that includes loyalty, dedication and hard work.
So, yes, Juan, anniversaries are still worth celebrating. Despite of the hard times, we should always have time to stop, look back and smell the flowers.:-)
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PMSH turns 3. Pampanga Medical Specialist Hospital (PMSH) marks its third anniversary today (Friday).
In this small locality in San Antonio, Guagua, this popular hospital with 83-bed Level III Health Care Facility and duly licensed by the Department of Health caters to Sasmuan, Lubao, Bacolor, Guagua, Sta. Rita, Floridablanca and as far as Bataan, Olongapo City and Subic in Zambales. It boasts of its strategic location and up-to-date facilities to service their patrons.
For three years now, it has been keeping up with its mission of delivering quality yet affordable and accessible health services to the people.
Aside from the usual feature of a medical facility, PMSH is an advocate of RA 7600, the Rooming In and Breastfeeding Act (just in time that melamine is present in almost all milk preparations).
While encouraging this most natural way of feeding your infants, this surely promotes bonding of child and mother, and encourages mothers to give colostrums.
Colostrum is a yellowish liquid, rich in immune factors, secreted by the mammary gland of mothers, a few days before and after the birth of their child. Also, breastfeeding saves money and according to medical experts, prevents pregnancy.
What caught my attention, too, in the huge hospital is they have an aesthetics or plastic surgery center called "New Life". As the name connotes, it offers noselift, facelift, bustlift, liposuction, eyebag removal, hair transplant, chin augmentation, tummy tuck, botox injection and many surgical and non-surgical procedures to enhance your physical attributes.
Of all the "repairs" I have listed, I really get confused to which of the many services should I avail, is it the tummy tuck or the liposuction (hahaha!).
Well, well, judging it from the bustling activities in the hospital, PMSH has really come a long way. Fully-manned and open to better service and function, this promising hospital has a complete set of personnel to keep up with its goal to deliver its compassionate and excellent service to the people.
To the management and staff led by Dr. Rolando Banzon, PMSH medical director and very accommodating administrative officer Greg Feliciano, Sun.Star Pampanga salutes you for a job well done!
So engrossed with the hospital and the medical stuff, suddenly I started reminiscing. I just remembered that I am a frustrated doctor. When I was still in college, I took my first two years taking up Chemical Engineering (ChE is how they call it..) and got tired of understanding the flowcharts (how to make beer and stuff), the circuits in physics (the ohms and the amperes..) by my gingeener or rather engineer teachers because I was so busy day dreaming of winning the lottery (haha!). To pass my drawing class, I just paid my classmates by treating them to lunch, hehe.
Oh well, in short, I shifted to another chem course, which I thought would bring me closer, well, to the medical field. Actually, I did not lose that touch yet. I still keep my medical books. In the house they call me Dr. Mom.:-)
