Ending my Toxicology rotation

I HAD never talked to so many strangers over the phone as I did this month. Generally my interactions with the callers, mostly physicians, were pleasant. There were few that stood out:

-- a man from Mindanao who asked about pesticide poising. "Sino po ang nalason?" I asked.

He said, "'Yung saging ko po. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang nangyari kasi hindi na ganoon karami ang bunga niya."

-- a physician calling from Mlang, North Cotabato, who, when he asked who was on other line, recognized me. "Dr. Lance Catedral?!" Apparently he was a classmate of one of our interns last year.

My month-long Toxicology rotation would not have been half as enjoyable had I not met the following:



From left: Drs. Bitoy Bongon (Tox fellow), Reg Lactupo (Emergency Medicine, PGH), Leslie Garcia (Tox fellow), Jem Agnes (Emergency Medicine, Ospital ng Makati), Racquel Bruno (Internal Medicine, PGH), JP Ner (Tox fellow), Jela Matibag (Emergency Medicine, Makati Medical Center), and Nowell Catbagan (Tox fellow).

It was so fun that I understand Jela's reaction when all of us parted ways.


See you around, dear friends!