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.
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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
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Insurance and Drugs
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offers quality insurance products to individuals, families and
groups living and traveling internationally.
Spanning over three decades, we have delivered superior service and
security to thousands of members in 150 countries.
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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 .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.
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
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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.
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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
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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.) |
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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. |
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 |
OB-GYN. Philippine Filipina
Gynecologist - Obstetrics -Gynecology
This lady doctor a Filipina Gynecologist is not only good at her
specialty but a good counselor, a happily married young doctora who knows how to make a marriage work. She has and
excellent personality spiced by a overflowing sense of humor and
energy the ladies tell me. They recommend her highly. 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 you will be happy if your wife uses her if
she does not have someone with whom she is thrilled.
I will have a ENT latter soon. Just have to find the address.She is 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 |
Cosmetic Surgery,
Face Lifts, Breast Implants, etc.
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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. I am surprised and pleased with what it did
for me. I plan to have a face lift soon.
One member of our discussion list recently asked me
the price of breast implants. I checked with Dr.
Zubiri so I could post that too. Breast implants
including hospitalization, anesthesia, operating room and
medicine as does the quote above on face lifts, are
P130,000. Some one asked the difference in
prices for "big ones," vs. "regulars," not in jest, as I
remember. Dok (as doctors and doctoras are called
here,) only commented that he would not make them so
big they would be harmful to a woman's body, what ever
that means.
I choose Dr, Zubiri, after my research and in my opinion,
the best cosmetic surgeon in Cebu, to do my eye lift. 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. But I guess the main reason I chose him was
that other plastic surgeons, seeing I was a Caucasian,
recommended him above all others here. Also, his follow
up care, concern for the pre and post operative process
was considerable, sometimes lacking with others. And his
prices are very competitive compared to other Philippine
Cosmetic surgeons. His office is next to Doctors
hospital in Cebu City. His telephone number is
Tel. 0632 254 7999 ,
FAX, 32 254 6608.
E-mail him at:
jszubiri@cutforapurpose.com
Check with him for latest prices, and of course, check the
peso rate.
There are other great doctors and surgeons 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.
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.\
Here is the US Embassy Website for additional information that
may be helpful to members in the future for Medical Emergency
Information:
I also 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 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.
Physician
Formulas - Provide high quality
supplements along with reliable and friendly service |
Good health is key to surgery
in older patients. (Comments on more demand for cosmetic
surgery in the States.)
With advanced medical procedures drugs, patients in good
health even when they are older do well, much better than
previously expected when undergoing surgery, if the are in
good health
Doctors should tell older patients to expect their
recovery from bypass to
take a full year, he said, but they can tell them to
expect good results if
they are in their 60 and older.
Cardiologist Dr. Louis Cohen and his patient, Donna
Tutlewski, 86, of
Pentwater, Mich., discussed risks before her April 6
bypass operation.
Other than her blocked arteries, Tutlewski was in good
health. Her heart
doctor told her that improvements in surgical techniques
could help her, she said.
How quickly she came home after surgery surprised
everyone.
"They had told us to expect, at the minimum, 10 days" in
the hospital, said one of her daughters-in-law, Delores
Tutlewski. But after five days, "the
nurses told us, 'We can't keep up with her. She's walking
down the hallway.'
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Staying healthier into old age
also means that more older Americans want face-lifts and
other cosmetic surgery.
One survey of ,many plastic surgeons found the number of cosmetic surgery procedures in patients age 60 and older
increased by 35 percent from 2000 to
2003. The numbers are reported as an average number per
surgeon. In 2000, per-surgeon average was 98; in 2003, it
was 133.
In a published study, plastic surgeon Dr. Ferdinand Becker
found that his older face-lift patients had no greater
risk for complications when he compared them with younger
patients with the same risk factors.
Becker said he sees vibrant, healthy octogenarians at his
plastic surgery
clinic in Vero Beach, Fla. Here too, in the Philippines,
Dr. Zubiri is having success with his older patients, with
dramatic results, and quick healing despite their age. He
will not work on smokes. Smoking delays healing
significantly. |
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