Medical, Dental and Cosmetic Surgery

Dr Mark Gan, Tooth Implants in Manila and More

Mark was educated in the U.S, University of California, so easy to talk with, a great host. He is more than a dentist, really, a surgeon too. His success rate in dental implants is an astounding 98 percent! He was first recommend to me by one of our list members who had some tooth implants, successful, of course. So many fail I was curious so went to Manila to visit him.

I recently found out he was also very good with children, from a Filipino friend who I met here, but from Manila. He said he would not take his children to anyone else not only because they like Mark, Dr. Gan, but because they won't go to anyone else. I have been in his chair so I know what they mean.

Is offices are easy to get to, no mater where you are in Manila. Just give him a call?

If I need an implant, it will for sure be Dr. Gan. Mark and cosmetic dentistry too.

His clinics are at:

Gan Advanced Osseointegration Center-GAOC Makati Unit 1708/1709, Medical Plaza Makati
Amoroso St. cor. Dela Rosa St., Legaspi Village
Makati City Phone 843-9112; 843-8786

Gan Advanced Osseointegration Center-GAOC Quezon City Rm. 1212-A, St. Luke's Medical Center Cathedral Heights Bldg. Complex, 279 E. Rodriguez Sr. Blvd. Quezon City Phone 723-4027; 723-0101 loc. 2213

Gan Advanced Osseointegration Center-GAOC Manila Chinatown Dental Center, 822 Reina Regente St. Binondo, Manila Phone 244-1209

Don Herrington, September 2006.

Medical, Dental, Cosmetic Surgery and more:

There are cardiologists, cosmetic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, dentist who can provide the whole range of services, every specialty, many who have practiced in the States and other places abroad. And world class hospitals, live in nurses and LVN's at low prices. If you want a good doctor and good hospital, world class one for a more than fair fee you get for medical treatment here fee, get a recommendation here or on the Mailing List, Living, Retiring Doing Business in the Philippines. Don't just use an online directory. Get a recommendation from our List. This is a great place for You a "medical vacation. Philippine prices and hospitality will allow enjoy a resort and get everything you need done while recovering on the beach, and being waited on, hand and foot, here in the Land of Smiles.

Hospitals, Quality of Medical Services

There are excellent hospitals in the major cities. One of the members of the List, "Living in the Philippines," is a M.D. in the States. He does volunteer work in the remote areas of the countryside here, where many people cannot afford doctors or medical treatment. He says that St. Luke's Hospital in Manila has done a wonderful job of recruiting U.S. trained Filipino doctors to work in that fine hospital. Since most Filipino doctors are trained with U.S. textbooks to pass the U.S. medical boards, their skills are world class. Dr. John says "You can get your open heart surgery here in the Philippines by a Filipino Doctor, or can fly to San Diego and get it done by a Filipino doctor there. The only difference is in the price."There are other excellent hospitals in Manila, Cebu, Davao and others. If I had a serious problem would go the Makati Medical Center in Manila, a preferred provider with Blue Cross, the coverage I have had for many years. They pay at any hospital here, but the reimbursement is not as much as at the Makati Medical Center where they know how to handle the paper work too, I am led to believe.

The hospitals offer something healing, in my opinion, sorely lacking in US and most other hospitals in western countries. They allow visitors and relatives 24 hours, seven days a week. No one is ever left along, in their suffering. I think visitors help in the healing process. The serve as "watchers," someone to do little things like wipe your forehead, or hold you hand, something you would not or could not ask for a nurse to do, but do yourself, or do without, probably.

This is a communal culture and some folks have never been alone except maybe in the bathroom. So leaving them overnight alone in a hospital room could be very traumatic. There are always enough unemployed relatives and friends around provide company, one of the nice thing about unemployment. In my opinion, as a psychologist, I feel you will heal much quicker with loving companionship at your side. You may not know anyone when you arrive but be surprised to find that when your neighbors find out you are in the hospital they show up to comfort you despite you not even knowing their names, especially in the smaller cities.

Insurance and Drugs

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For medications you may want for to order from the Philippines your own country, including Viagra, and weight loss medications you can click on Pharmical 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.

As for medicine costs here, we have mercury drug which is like a Walgreens here. They do have a website https://www.mercurydrug.com and they post their Email address: info@mercurydrug.com so you can Email them to obtain Rx prices here.

Prescription Drugs In The Philippines

Some drugs are not available here or are even more expensive than in the States. And there is a risk of getting counterfeit drugs here.

But with the Internet you can order from Canada, get good prices, even better than the States. Use Drug Delivery, http://www.drugdelivery.ca for prompt service and good prices for drugs you know are not counter fit even if you are not Living in the Philippines as yet, for sure when you are if you can't get them here or get them here at a reasonable price from a reputable drug store.

Dental Services

My dentist, Dra. Fernando at Ayala Center here in Cebu. She charge for about $80 for the porcelain crowns, caps, does beautiful work and sings to you while she does the work. She and her husband also a dentist are a charming couple. She is a beauty. They are located in the top floor of Ayala Center, a large shopping mall in Cebu City, the only dentist there. They have their own lab. They felt they could not get the quality of work they required, here in Cebu, only from the labs in Manila. So they set up their own lab.

Dr. & Dra. Fernando
E-mail: fernandodentalclinic@yahoo.com
Phone #: 032 232-0911
For International Call : 011 6 032 232 0911
Enrique & Arnette Fernando, DDM

Fernando Dental Clinic Level 3, JY Square Mall 1 Salinas Drive cor. Gorordo Ave. Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines 6000.

This means you can get an excellent fit and get it quickly. I recommend them without reservation for quality of work, price, knowledge of the latest procedures and concern for their customers dental health. They are trained and can do implants, but they do not advise them since there is no guarantee. You will see signs, "Lady Dentist" here in the Philippines. Filipinos believe female dentists are gentle. I do too.

Other Recommended dentist here in Cebu

Stephanie Marie Cabatingan, D.M.D. E-mail: tania928@yahoo.com Phone: 032) 231-7717 Room 203, Crown Building Reclamation Area, Road North 6th. (1/2 block from SM Mall, behind Sun Gold Furniture Co.)

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.

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