09/08/2025
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ
At around 4:15 PM of August 3, 2025, the Camp Sgt Quintin M Merecido Hospital (CSQMMH) medical team, headed by Dr. Dave A. Maniwang, Family Medicine, under the supervision of the CSQMMH Chief of Hospital Dr. Manuel R. Garcia Jr., together with nurses NUP Vistal and NUP Jimenez and midwife NUP Amaro, promptly responded to an emergency call (by Regional Director's staff) to assist a 39-year old, male patient who complained of sudden dizziness.
Immediate assessment revealed a BP of 240/140 mmhg with slurring of speech, facial asymmetry, and left sided numbness of the upper and lower extremities.
The initial diagnosis was Hypertensive Emergency, t/c CVA Infarct, GCS 15.
The patient was immediately brought to the PNP PRO 11 Ambulatory Surgical Clinic for the initial stroke management. The patient was stabilized and subsequently transferred to Southern Philippines Medical Center (transported via RMDU 11 ambulance), a local government hospital, for admission and further evaluation and management.