quackmoonstar

God Bless you guys. I'm praying we're next to go too.

We're under HOP. No news about our visas yet?

At last! I found someone on the same hospital assignment as I am. Let's keep each other posted, I'll be following up my application on Friday. Hope we can all fly by July.

Okay, thanks. I was getting worried thinking we had to get back our passports some time during our application period.

Question: Do you guys have your passport with you? Or is it still with POEA?

Is your friend bound for ASSIR under MOH or HOP?

Cedula is different from Professional Tax. Professional Tax Receipt or PTR is basically a fee professionals pay at the start of the year. While cedula can be paid even in our barangays, the PTR can only be paid in your local city hall. Nurses should start paying their Professional Tax once they receive their license. If you fail to pay on the previous years, they'll charge you a penalty.

Yeah, felicitypaul is probably right. I'll keep you guys updated here.

@CranberryJuice - Wow....like wow...good for you. Hope we're next. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Please continue updating us. And most likely, I'll be dropping by SRO on Friday to follow up again.

In our unit, we normally use 1 bag in priming re-use dialyzers. We use 2 bags for new dialyzers. We've already encountered the first use syndrome in our unit. Type A not to mention. The first incident in this certain patient...he was on a new F8 dialyzer, as fast as 14 minutes the patient became hypotensive, experienced chest heaviness and had red conjunctiva. They thought (it wasn't on my shift yet) the patient would go to an arrest. Second attempt, the NOD ordered the same dialyzer to be flushed and to use it again. Still, within 10 minutes the patient exhibited the same symptoms. Third attempt, the NOD ordered to use F6 dialyzer using 3 bags of NS for priming. As fast as 4 minutes, the patient exhibited the same symptoms again. Last attempt (on my shift), the NOD ordered to use the F8HFS dialyzer primed with 3 bags NS; the patient was able to finish his dialysis. All in all, 3 vials of Solu-Cortef (Hydrocortisone) and 1 amp of Benadryl was given. Patient's Hgb level dropped to 12 from 17.7 (heck, we couldn't believe his Hgb reached that high)

@opsen, felicitypaul & enigmagurl those two hospitals are not yet operational. the one near sm fairview is still currently under construction. i pass by it every day; the structure is basically still the skeleton framework. i'm not yet sure of the exact address. but it's literally almost right beside sm fairview. you can't miss it. the second hospital, there's no structure yet. the government just recently approved the building of the hospital. so, it'll take much much longer. but for sure, they'll be looking for nurses with experiences in dialysis (hemo and peritoneal).

Yeah. MOH comes first. I feel like crying already. If I knew it was gonna take longer than 1 month for deplyoment, I would've deferred my resignation. Thank God our Admin allowed me to extend my work there 'til I get my visa.

Uhh....this info might not be that helpful but.. Watch out for the opening of a new hospital near SM Fairview (Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center). It's still under construction though. They say it's Henry Sy owns it. And another new hospital (special tertiary) will soon rise on site along Quezon Ave. It'll probably specialize on kidney diseases. And I know the owner. :))

@CranberryJuice - hehe...I'll let you in my secret. You don't ask the staff in the evaluation counter. They really will just snub you and tell you to wait for their text, that's because they really don't know the status of the applications. Ask the Arabs, they know.

@CranberryJuice - Sorry. No info regarding the other hospitals. It was my former colleague (she's in KSA already) who tipped me to follow-up my application from time to time because the people in SRO might overlook texting you due to the large bulk of applications. Guess what? Yesterday, I even met someone from the Dec2009 batch who hasn't been deployed yet. She just got to follow-up her application yesterday. She's from Mindanao,I guess.