Dr. George - Online medical advise
Published on 8 Nov 2005 at 7:19 am.
10 Comments.
Filed under Edong's Dreams, ICT Industry.
Writing about medical transcriptions yesterday reminded me about Dr. George. Dr. George is an online medical advise website primarily serving the US market. It’s a question answer website where visitors post their medical question and a professional medical opinion is posted online as a response.
The thing is, the patients don’t know that the doctors responding to their queries are Filipino doctors! Filipino doctors from PGH!
Yes, that’s what I heard many years back.
I tried out DoctorGeorge.com.ph around two years ago. Yes, they do have a Philippine version of the service. I was very satisfied with the service. (I tried loading the page today, I couldn’t find it this time).
It made me wonder why the site doesn’t seem to be popular here in the Philippines. I wonder if this service can be done via SMS. A question and answer type of service in packets of 160 characters.
Although it couldn’t be considered an “official” diagnosis, it does fill-up some gaps in this country where so many children die without even seeing a doctor.
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MISTY A. on 27 Jun 2006 at 2:41 am: 1
HI. I have been trying to find some advice on pregnacy. I am 29 years old and my husband and i have been trying to get pregnant for going on two years and also the first of the three years I HAD A TUBAL PREGNACY and they tied my right tube so now we have been trying to get pregnant and its not going very well and I need some major advice..
ka edong on 27 Jun 2006 at 10:26 pm: 2
Hi Misty!
You’ve come to the right place! I want to get pregnant too!
Just kidding.
Try visiting Dr.George: http://doctorgeorge.com/
Goodluck!
rob ledrew on 16 Mar 2007 at 2:07 am: 3
just had a stent put in and i was wondering what type of medication i should be on. my family doctor tells me one thing and my specialist tells me nothing .
upset
Kim on 22 May 2007 at 12:31 pm: 4
KIM
What causes vaginal dryness? This has not been a problem before.
Judy on 20 Jul 2007 at 8:47 am: 5
I have hyperthyroidism - I have had my radio active iodine treatment - now I am taking synthroid. But I don’t go back to the doctor till the end of August….The left side of my face is very swollen - my eye, my cheek and I have had a headack for 3 days. I feel very, very tired. I am 48 years old in otherwise good health. Should I call my doctors’ nurse?
ka edong on 22 Jul 2007 at 11:56 pm: 6
Hi Judy,
Hope you get the proper advise that you can’t find at my website.
ka edong
Jessica on 25 Jul 2007 at 9:22 pm: 7
Symptons: left upper abdomen pain w/ visual lump, fever, vomiting, some diahrea, nausea and dizziness—-doctor’s don’t know what’s wrong, but I’m miserable!!! Got any ideas.
Christy Scott on 11 Sep 2007 at 1:08 am: 8
I have a question. I recently went to the dr for a visit to get back on the birth control pill. Before perscribing my perscription of course they requested a urine sample. I just learned that blood was found in my urine and now they want me to return for a CT Scan? Can you tell me what all this could possible mean?
Samkelisiwe Mvubu on 17 Apr 2008 at 7:34 pm: 9
I have a question, this morning i wake up with my stomach full of water. I was not able to stand appropriately. I started vomiting undigested food and visiting the toilet frequently. Then i went to a certain Doctor who told me that I have got too much acid in my stomach, and he gave me some pills and medicine but it is not better.
ka edong on 18 Apr 2008 at 6:48 pm: 10
Hope you’re better now. Better to seek professional help.
Take care.