Pacific Eye & Laser Institute Now Peregrine Eye & Laser Institute

The PELI website is almost the same as before.

Due to the controversy over another company with a similar name, Pacific Eye & Laser Institute has changed its name, but will still retain the PELI acronym. National Geographic says that peregrines are falcons that swoop on other birds and bats in mid-flight. So I guess PELI wants to say that their ophthalmologists have great hand-eye coordination, or that PELI aims to make the patients' eyes so sharp they'll have great claw-eye coordination.

Last year, over breakfast with Drs. Harvey and Pik Sha Uy, I had asked Harvey what makes PELI different. He says that their doctors are US-trained. I asked him where Johns Hopkins is. He said that it was Maryland. Is it in the East Coast? I aksed him. Since he trained in Harvard, and Dr. Franz Cruz trained in Johns Hopkins, I suggested that their name be changed to ECEC or East Coast Eye Center. Pronounced ek-ek, if you like. :)

Reception photo taken by a friend.

Incidentally, Thesaurus.com says that peregrination is a synonym of aimless walk. Which makes it somewhat opposite of peregrine the falcon. Just thought that was interesting.

I used Thesaurus.com to solve Super Word Puzzles.

The friend who took the photo asked me to include here that St. Peregrine Laziosi is the cancer patron saint.

Dr. Harvey Uy's Blog

Harvey at the Kuang Chi Awarding Ceremony last March 11, 2011.

As my Harvey Uy post is again the top post in this blog, and since I got a call from his patient's wife and daughter asking me where he is, may I direct everyone to the Uy Eye Clinics blog, which I taught Harvey how to set up last Friday, November 2, at HEAT in Edsa Shangri-La Manila, where he treated me to breakfast buffet. Thanks again, Harvey!

While I had said in my previous post that his Binondo clinic will open in mid-November, the Uy blog says that it will open in late November.

Dr. Harvey Uy's St. Luke's Clinic

My friends, their family, their family's in-laws and so on are Dr. Harvey's patients.  As Harvey has left Asian Eye Institute, he is now the best eye surgeon at St. Luke's.  Or so he claims. :)

Dr. Harvey Uy (center) at the Kuang Chi Awarding Ceremony last 3-11-11.

My friends' reactions were varied.  One friend hoped that his new clinic would be at St. Luke's Global City, while Madam Upuan said, 'I am fervently praying he means St. Luke's QC and not in Fort?"

I told Madam Oop to fervent away, as Harvey will hold clinic at South Tower 611 starting October 27.  He will also set up another clinic at Pacific Center (formerly Pacific Bank Building), 460 Quintin Paredes St., Binondo in mid-November.

The Kuang Chi Awarding Ceremony was held at Xavier School.

This is his second clinic in Binondo.  Before joining AEI, he held clinic at State Center, when I was holding office there, too.

If not for this coincidence, we would not be friends today.  I took the elevator to his clinic and told his secretary that I just wanted to say hi. He came out and invited me to play badminton and we became good friends after that.

Blog Stats

Congrats to my friend Dr. Gerard "Raddy" Mabasa on his two new blogs, Athletic Motion, and World Passages.

He wants to know how much traffic my generic blog makes, so I'm posting them here.

He also wanted to know where my views were coming from.  Techie She is a regular regular site, but I have not figured out why.  I suspect that most of these referrals came from backlinks?

How to get to Xavier School, dated March 24, 2011,  with 7 views, is the top result in Google search.   So is Podium Opens at Noon on November 1, dated October 31, 5 views, also last year, with the search words 'Podium Opens at Noon on November.'  Another November 1 post, Via Mare Open on November 1, 3 views, has the thirdmost views.  My fourth highest post, Clinic Christmas Break, 2 views, is the third holiday post in the list.  So I guess holiday skeds attract the most views to this blog.

In case of a heart attack, 2 views, is the second health-related post in the list.

Feng Shui Figurines,  7 comments including mine, Canon Pixma MX 416?, and Professional Dog Trainer also had 2 views each.

Both health and holidays are part of the site description.

120 of my pageviews come from the US; 31, Philippines; 5 and 3, Argentina and Singapore, respectively.

Atimiti has had a total of 18,068 pageviews from 79 posts, or 228+ views per post.

This blog had 980 pageviews last month.

Raddy, you might want to join Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs.

Clinic Christmas Break

According to my cardiologist Dr. Emil Canonigo's secretary, Dr. Canonigo's last clinic day at Cardinal Santos Medical Center will probably be on December 22, a Thursday, and will probably resume on January 3, a Tuesday. 

Ceiling near the Cardinal elevator.

At Asian Hospital, his last clinic day will probably be on December 23, Friday.

So let's be good, despite the good food. :)


How to avoid heart attacks this Christmas

In case of a heart attack

Merry Christmas pa rin!

Wanted: Dermatologist

My friend is looking for a dermatologist at St. Luke's Global.

I told her not to go to the ER, as she might just be IVed while waiting for several hours for a consultant.

Can anyone recommend one?

I called up my pulmonologist Dr. Gwen Agra at her St. Luke's Global clinic.  Her secretary, Mae (?) said that she doesn't know who Dr. Agra would recommend, but that Dr. Gwendolyn Wong has sent a gift over to Dr. Agra.

Dr. Wong is the head of dermatology at St. Luke's Quezon City. Her local is 5711 and her Room Number is 711.  The St. Luke's Medical Global City trunkline is 789-77-00.

Now why didn't I think of that?

I've always told people that, the easiest way to tell who a good doctor is, is to find out who the head or ex-head is.