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... were other activities to keep us busy. So we headed back to Bacolod city where we took a nice hotel room and spent our last day in the Philippines watching movies.
Then it was an early morning to cross to catch a bus across Negros, a boat across the Tanon strait and another bus across Cebu to Cebu city where we would catch a flight to Hong ...
Farewell to the clinics..
It's a bittersweet day today. Today is already our last day at the clinics. I had planned to travel to Pastrana with Kelsey and Melissa this morning but my plans changed last minute. Gabby still isn't feeling well this morning and she needed to stay home. So I headed back to Dagami with Allyson for her last day so she didn't have to travel her long distance alone.
We arrived at the clinic and it was the busiest I've seen it ...
Dagami - Take Two!
Since we didn't get too much into the patient care yesterday in Dagami and the travel to this location is a bit tricky, I decided to go with Allyson and Gabby again for a second day. Both are feeling really sick today (physically and emotionally for a variety of reasons) so I thought it would be best that I accompany them and get them through the day. I didn’t get any sleep last night either, so we’re a team that’s falling apart, ha!
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The Road to Dagami
... busier clinic. Dagami has a population of 30,000 people in 64 barangay’s. Their health care staff consists of 1 doctor, 7 midwives, 2 nurses and a med tech. They have their own lab here, which is unusual for most clinics.
We also were able to also visit the municipal building, which is tradition when volunteers come to a community to work. We were introduced to the mayor
We met the clinic’s doctor, Dr. Sangrano. She was excited about my ...
Impressed by Iloilo's Imagery
... by war, fire and an earthquake, Miag-ao Church is undergoing an ongoing restoration work that began some 40 years ago, with funds coming from donations of local devotees and residents. Recognizing its significance among Iloilo residents, former President Ferdinand Marcos declared it a national shrine by virtue of Presidential Decree 260.
From Miag-ao, our next stop was the neighboring town of Guimbal where the ...