November 19, 2006

Ever wondered why physician-couples get rich quick?

NO wonder, most doctors get rich quick (note that we said most, since a vanishing few of them still believe in ‘humanitarian’ medical charges)  because  they bill astronomically and bleed patients mercilessly. More so, if they are a couple – husband and wife—engaged in allied fields of medicine, each complementing the other in terms of patient referrals.

Sometimes, if we were a socialist state, we wish they’ll ban couples from engaging in the same profession especially, medicine. You know what we mean, of course: The poor   patient becomes a milking cow in the hands of both, with neither hardly being   cooperative or attentive to a particular patient’s needs if he doesn’t “patronize” the other.

Now, when did health care become a buy one-take one affair?  Read more

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November 12, 2006

That retail mindset

IF there’s still any doubt that retail business is the “in” thing in the economy today, the rise of so many commercial malls even in Dagupan’s urban jungle should dispel it. Nepo Mall, Magic, CSI, they’re all here in our neck of the woods. Soon, even the giant SM or even Shopwise which has taken over much of the pioneering Rustan’s Department Store, could be in the city too.

Even St. Joseph Drugstore has become a chain pharmacy company almost overnight, opening several store branches all over the city like there was no tomorrow. No doubt, as corporate and market think-tanks say it, the retail sector in the Philippines today has never been as vibrant.

This trend however, it seems, only validates the common perception of many analysts, both foreign and domestic, that Pinoys may really be only good at retailing but shy away (dread) going into manufacturing. Read more

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