We had the hernia operation at Makati Med and the doctor we choose was Dr. Wilma Baltazar. Our anasthesiologist was a Dr. Merle Odi. They were very open about what the procedure entailed and the possible complication that could ensue.
The whole thing took an hour and a half. Baby J was crying when he came out which is a good sign that he wasn’t adversely affected by the anasthesia. He then slept for most of the afternoon. By the next day we went home and this week Baby J is as active as ever. It’s like nothing happened. I’m still of course giving him his antibiotics and changing the dressing on his stiches every day but he’s doing fine. Best of all, he turns four months old today!
I wish I could say my Makati Med experience was perfect but it was not. It took us almost two hours to get a room even though we had called the admissions office two hours ahead of admission time. Can you imagine a crying infant that I had to handle at the lobby of Makati Med for an hour and a half? One good thing that happened however is that I actually breastfed in public. I’ve never done that before but if your baby’s hungry and crying I honestly don’t care if I flash anyone in the MMC lobby.
They sincerely need to improve the admissions process. When the girl said to wait for them to clean the room she neglected to mention it could take 1 to 2 hours! I had to repeatedly ask her what was taking so long.
Perhaps it was because the hospital is undergoing renovation? The entrance is new already and quite nice looking but the room we stayed in was quite old.
Sigh, sorry to say that I will never opt for Makati Med ever again. There are other more efficient hospitals out there. Other than the admissions process I will however concede that the nurses and the doctors were very accomodating and caring.
