Medical missions are a common practice here in the Philippines. Oftentimes, free circumcision, especially during summer, comes along with it. And as anything with the word “FREE” in it,these missions surely receive positive consideration from people. Juan and Juana will line up at the onset of dawn just to have a tablet or two of [...]

I have seen it countless times in my practice as a physician – mothers in distress when their children fell ill. It is inevitable. The burden is just so much, a mother would wish to take the place of her child. I can only give reassurance to these mothers that everything will be okay. I [...]