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Where can one find adequate medical care in Dipolog? Should I give up and find a doctor in Cebu?

We have had a very bad experience in a Dipolog hospital where our 18 month old baby was very ill with cold, bronchitus, flu, infections in both ears and vomitting. We believe she caught this on the flight from the US to Manila. The Doctor at the Dipolog hospital believed she only had a cold. She is now back in the US for 5 days, still pretty sick but is getting better thanks to competent medical care in the US. Had she stayed in Dipolog much longer without adequate and competent medical care the result would have been life threatening for our baby! We plan to retire to Dipolog only IF WE CAN FIND ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE! We are willing to travel to Cebu or elswhere. Please help!

Public Comments

1. You should consider Cebu as there is going to be a hospital built here that will be accepting US Bluecross and Medicare. NOTE: I have received emails from yappers that don't believe my above answer, so here is the link where I received my info http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view_article.php?article_id=6556 "The proposed hospital will also honor US-based medical insurance such as Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Medicare Healthcare Insurance, according to Chua, a cardiac surgeon emeritus of Northwest Indiana."
2. I think you should consider moving to Iloilo or Bacolod. Both places are nice, clean and safe smaller cities with good hospitals and good private schools. Both places have doctors that are U.S. trained and private hospitals that are up to U.S. standards. Another plus is clean air and about 1/4 less for the cost of living than Cebu.
3. yeah. go to cebu. there are a lot of good hospitals there.
4. Cebu City has always been in the forefront of medical care in the Visayas and even in the Mindanao region. Even if Dipolog doctors are competent, they would not have the right tools or equipment to properly diagnose your child's ailment. Dipolog is a small city. In Mindanao, probably Davao would have a better medical facility. Though in my city in Cagayan de Oro, most hospitals are now expanding but I am not sure if it includes their equipment. A lot of patients from nearby provinces visit my city for their medical needs, mostly Muslims from Lanao. But still, special cases are being referred to Cebu City.