{"id":2962,"date":"2012-03-22T00:35:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T21:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2019-07-08T22:15:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T19:15:31","slug":"filipino-medical-doctors-vote-for-official-name-of-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=2962","title":{"rendered":"Qatar &#8211; Filipino Medical Doctors Vote for Official Name of Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2964\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/qatar.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2964\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2964\" title=\"qatar\" src=\"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/qatar-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/qatar-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/qatar.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Filipino Medical Association \u2013 Qatar during a meeting in Millennium Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>First posted in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/balitangq.org\/archives\/990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balitangq.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a meeting held in Millennium Hotel on Friday, 16 March 2012, the group of medical doctors practicing in Qatar voted by majority for their association\u2019s name: Filipino Medical Association \u2013 Qatar. It will be known by the acronym FMAQ.<\/p>\n<p>There is a notable increase in the number of Filipino medical<!--more--> doctors arriving in Qatar in the previous months and Dr. Clara Cristobal, Company Doctor of Qatar Airways and one of the first medical doctors in Doha, spearheaded the formation of their association. The group already has 30 members at present. The association is encouraging all Filipino medical doctors licensed in Qatar to join the group.<\/p>\n<p>The group already held a number of meetings in the later months of 2011 and the early parts of 2012. They had already elected a set of officers and are now working on their association\u2019s Constitution and By-Laws. Presentation for the concept designs of their official logo is also on-going.<\/p>\n<p>The association is ironing out the details so that they can apply for an official recognition from the Philippine Embassy \u2013 Doha.<\/p>\n<p>The officers of the association are as follows: Dr. Clara Cristobal (Qatar Airways) \u2013 Chairwoman; Dr. Luisito Santiago (Qatar Armed Forces Hospital) \u2013 Vice-Chairman; Dr. Veronica Macaraeg (Future Medical Center) \u2013 Secretary; Dr. Rodito Bisenio (Hamad Medical Corp.) \u2013 Treasurer; Dr. Anabell Soriano (Premium Care) \u2013 Auditor; Dr. Ma. Concepcion Borlaza (Al Safa Polyclinic) and Dr. Enrico Tolentino (Midmac Co.) \u2013 P.R.O.\u2019s.<br \/>\nIncidentally, the meeting in Millennium Hotel was held after a product presentation was carried out by Novartis, a pharmaceutical company. Novartis sponsored the venue for the presentation and meeting. It is also to be noted that Novartis is very active in the Filipino community events, giving away samples of their products in a number of Filipino Medical\/Dental\/Pharmacy Mission activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submitted by<\/strong>: Lito Lopez<br \/>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/balitangq.org\/archives\/990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/balitangq.org\/archives\/990<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First posted in&nbsp;Balitangq.org In a meeting held in Millennium Hotel on Friday, 16 March 2012, the group of medical doctors practicing in Qatar voted by majority for their association\u2019s name: Filipino Medical Association \u2013 Qatar&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":2964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[82,17],"tags":[141,142],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2962"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12851,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions\/12851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}