Got Heart? Heal as One Go Beyond your comfort zone and join the JCI Metro Area as we bring you two Thyroid Surgical Missions this April and August 2017 at the Philippine General Hospital. Nothing beats leaving a permanent scar of healing on our ailing countrymen. Let’s heal the nation – one patient at a time. Prepared by Dr Emy Cua for the Metro Area Special Planning Session, Nov 2016

1. Got Heart 2017
Dr. Emy Cua
JCI Makati Princess Urduja
Nov 16, 2016

2. Objectives
•To help communities access medical and
surgical care
•To increase visibility of JCI in communities
of Metro Area 2
•To increase involvement of JCI members in
community-oriented projects
•To be able to generate a fund for next got
heart projects

3. Goiter surgery
•Target: 1 patient per chapter
•Operation date:
–15 patients (April)
–15 patients (August)
• Program: August 30, 2017 (Venue: JCI HQ?)
• Cost for Metro area
– 15,000 per leg for food for 50 volunteer health professionals
– 50 token of appreciation per leg

4. How to be eligible
•Age 18 and above with anterior neck mass
•Must have no other diseases, no previous operations

5. What are we sponsoring?
•JCI chapter will sponsor the following
Per patient COST
1 Philhealth membership for 1 year P 2400
2 Pre-operative laboratories
FT4
TSH
Neck ultrasound
Fine needle aspiration biopsy
P 485
P 585
P 750
P350
3 Operation c/o PHIC
4 Post-operation
Home medications P 2,000
5 Transportation P 2,000
Contingency fund*
• If with other diseases that needs treatment
• If patient has to be started on thyroid meds before OR
• If patient needs Neck CT scan
P 2,000
TOTAL P 10,570

6. Coverage of sponsorship
•For those eligible, JCI will only sponsor 1-4. Post-
operation maintenance medications will not be
sponsored.
•For those who are clinically malignant, JCI will only
sponsor 1-5 and Neck CT scan only. Chemotherapy and
Radiotherapy will not be sponsored.
•For those who are pathologically malignant, JCI will only
sponsor 1-5. Completion operation and RAI will not be
sponsored.

7. Steps
Choosing
patient
• Each chapter will choose 1 patient to sponsor
• Pay Philhealth insurance of your sponsored patient.
• Sign waiver
Pre-
operation
• Bring patient to PGH Surgery clinic for assessment
• Biopsy will be done in PGH. FT4, TSH can be done outside PGH.
• Go to PGH OPD Philhealth office to check requirements
Operation
• Patient will be called for admission 2 days before operation
• Patient usually discharged 2 days after operation
• LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY: 5 days
Post-
operation
• Home medications
• Follow-up check up 1 week post op and 2 weeks post-op

8. Philhealth
How to apply for PHIC membership
https://www.philhealth.gov.ph/members/lifetime/registration.html
How to use PHIC in PGH
•MDR form (1) original and (2) photocopy
•CF1 (1) original and (2) photocopy
•CF2 (1) original and (2) photocopy*
•Receipt of payment to PHIC (1) original and (2) photocopy
•Operative technique*
*Given after operation

9. Got Heart
•Date: August 30, 2017
•Venue: TBA
•Head
•Program
–Party
–Gift giving
–Short health talk on goiter (UP medicine)
–Screening for other patients (PGH Surgery)

10. Partners
•Hospital: PGH
•Waiver
•Funding:
–Corporate sponsors (laboratory)
–Private sponsors

11. Area Involvement
North
• Leg 1 operation day
South
• Funding
• Pre-operative coordination
East
• Leg 2 operation day
Rizal
• Program (Aug 30)
• Waiver

12. Thank You