Hospital for Dummies
5-8 April NKTI QUEZON CITY
Philippines
In my entire 20+ years of existence, I've only been hospitalized once and I've only had three experiences of going to the hospital because a relative was confined. In all those hospital visits, I was in charge of nothing.
This time however, I had to take full responsibility of everything. It's Nanay who was going to be confined and I had to know everything that has to be done--from checking in to checking out. I took it as a challenge instead of just being the dumbass that I am most often.
I filled up all the required forms, not letting Nanay be stressed out about those little hospital tricks. Most of the pre-surgery responsibilities were trivial compared to the checking-out procedures.
[On the side: Despite my bias against hospital food, I was actually thrilled to be eating at the hospital cafeteria for 4 days. Ang saya kasi ng food sa NKTI dahil dami ng choices. Meron pang desserts and fruit shakes, dimsum (na ang store ay untouchaBALLS), sari-sari store na ang name ay Zetzirya, shawarma, donuts, sandwiches, etc.]
During check-out, I had to go to the nurses' station to know which doctors participated in the surgery then settle these doctors' PFs (which I learned meant Professional Fee, hehe!). Once the main doctor's discharge order was given, I went to the Billing Section and submitted Nanay's Philhealth claims form (so me silbi rin ang pagbabayad ng Philhealth!). After billing, I went to the cashier to settle all the bills where they gave the clearance for security check then proceeded to check-out. Simple lang pala.
