Calitis OB GYN Clinic

13/08/2025

10/08/2025

Statement on Public Shaming of Doctors!

The Philippine Medical Association condemns the recent viral post on social media publicly shaming a Surgeon Physician. Professional fees for doctors can vary based on several factors, including the complexity and type of service rendered and level of expertise of the physician handling the case. Each doctor has the right to determine the worth of his services rendered guided by a common relative value scale followed in the Philippines. Based on accounts on services rendered to the patient mentioned in the case the hospital charges and professional fees were within acceptable limits of ethical practice.

We therefore condemn the post to malign a physician who performed his duty well. He was singled out despite the fact that there were several medical specialists who handled this very complex case. Based on facts gathered the high professional fee in question was incorrect and was actually lower , the physicians even agreed to be paid with a guarantee letter! Considering the patient was treated with utmost compassion and concern by the several attending physicians for more than 20 days the social media post claiming “heartless treatment “ from the Physicians is unjust and uncalled for.

Let's focus on promoting a supportive and respectful environment for healthcare professionals. Doctors and all health care professionals play a vital role in our lives, and you should be acknowledging their hard work and dedication. You were treated and saved from near death to good health ready for discharge and you repay their kindness with Public shaming!

10/08/2025

Joint Statement of the Philippine College of Surgeons (PCS), Philippine Association of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgeons, Inc. (PATACSI), and Wound Care Society.

In a recent viral social media post and succeeding thread, one of our fellow surgeons was portrayed negatively by a member of the media, based on unverified information and unfounded claims. We jointly condemn public shaming of our fellows or any member of the medical profession.

25/07/2025

FYI…🤰🏻
Be safe Mom to be 🙏🏻.

11/07/2025

Ang July ay Diabetes Awareness Month. Nais ng PSMFM ibahagi sa inyo and ilang impormasyon tungkol sa Gestational Diabetes.




Para sa karagdagang impormasyon tungkol sa diabetes at ibang mga high risk na kondisyon, bumisita sa aming website: https://psmfm.org/web/category/information-hub/

02/07/2025

26/06/2025

-A HUMBLE PLEE TO OUR PATIENTS-

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE are documents that have our hard earned license numbers and signatures. It is not a mere piece of paper or just a receipt.

Please do not be offended if we refuse to make you one especially if you dictate us on how many days you want to rest or a proof that you have consulted us because you are absent from work with no valid medical reason and worst for coverage of your medical expenses.

These are LEGAL documents based on VALID MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS.

As Medical Doctors we want to maintain our integrity and be fair to every patient that we cater.

Please respect our profession as we respect you as our patient.

20/06/2025

WHY SOME DOCTORS BILL MORE THAN OTHERS

Title: “Just Five Minutes?”

Mila stormed out of the clinic, clutching the white prescription paper in her hand and shaking her head in disbelief. “Five minutes. I paid ₱800 for five minutes,” she muttered, eyes wide with exasperation.

She sat on the nearest bench and began venting to her husband over the phone.
“Alam mo, he just asked me three questions — ‘Saan masakit? Kailan nagsimula? May lagnat ka ba?’ Then he listened to my back, looked at my throat, and wrote this! That was it. I didn’t even get to finish explaining everything I googled!”

On the other end of the line, her husband tried to calm her down. “Baka naman magaling ‘yung doctor?”

“Magaling? E ni hindi ako tinanong tungkol sa diet ko o lifestyle,” Mila snapped. “I could’ve done that myself.”

What Mila didn’t see — and what many never do — was the unseen work behind that “five-minute” consult.

The doctor had reviewed her chart the night before, recognizing her name from previous visits. His years of internal medicine practice told him which symptoms pointed to something serious and which ones didn’t. He noticed her breathing pattern as she walked in, the slight hoarseness in her voice, the subtle wince when she shifted in her seat.

He asked the right questions, examined the right places, and gave the right treatment — not because he was rushing, but because he had trained for decades to be that precise.

What took him five minutes took him twenty years to master.

And that’s what many patients don’t understand: you're not just paying for time — you're paying for expertise.

That’s also why some doctors bill more than others. It’s not just the title "doctor" that sets the fee, but how much they’ve invested in their training, their subspecialty, their experience, and the accuracy and safety they can offer in return. A more experienced doctor can often make the right call faster, with fewer tests and fewer errors — and that kind of efficiency isn’t cheap.

Mila’s ₱800 paid for more than five minutes. It paid for the confidence that she didn’t need an unnecessary lab, or a wrong medicine, or a week of worrying. It paid for a quick diagnosis made with precision — the kind only possible through long years of study, failures, learning, and patient care.

Sometimes, the best doctors make it look easy.

That’s the cost — and the value — of true medical expertise.

15/06/2025

FYI. . .

19/05/2025

The best place for a proper consultation is still the clinic, face to face. So when a doctor takes time to reply to you outside of that, be grateful—it’s a sign that they truly care.

12/05/2025

"Doctors Are Not Free Helplines."
We give free consultations.
We write free prescriptions.
We interpret lab reports at 11 p.m.
We answer medical questions on birthdays, weddings, and funerals.
Why?
Because we care.
Because we took an oath.
Because we were taught that healing is noble.
But what do we get in return?

“Why are you talking about money?”

“This is a noble profession.”

“You should serve humanity, not charge for it.”

All this, while other professionals say this with ease:
Lawyers charge consultation fees — even for phone calls.

Chartered Accountants charge for a signature.

Architects charge for blueprints.

Therapists charge per session — no discounts.

IT consultants won’t fix your software for free.

Tutors don’t teach for free because you're “like family.”

But us?
We're expected to diagnose over WhatsApp.
To give life-altering advice in 2 minutes over a call.
And never mention fees because it's “just a service.”
But what we give is not information it is insight.
It’s not Google it’s wisdom shaped by years of study, sleepless nights, and sacrifice.
This needs to change.
Because if the value of medical care continues to be measured in rupees and not respect,we might just hang our white coats and let the world face what it chose:
A system where care is expected, but not valued.

from Dr Pooja Iyer.