"Genuine peace is not only the silencing of the gun but most importantly the absence of all forms of injustices, oppression, and exploitation, at the same time the upholding of mutual respect to each and every one's honor, dignity, and belief."
- AL-HAJ MURAD EBRAHIM, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front and part of the Bangsamoro
Development Agency, on the
"Days of Peace" agreement with the United Nations Children's Fund
"Even a single stick of cigarette can raise blood-pressure level through vasoconstriction."
-Cardiologist EMMA TRINIDAD, chair of the Philippine
Heart Association council on hypertension
"I'm not going to kid you by saying [thiazide diuretics are] a preferred option because for mild hypertensives, all of these antihypertensive drugs would reduce blood pressure almost to an equal degree no matter what, even if you put in a metaanalytical study."
- DR. NELSON ABELARDO, president, Philippine Society of Hypertension
"Sa probinsya, magagaling ang mga doktor. They go clinical.
Wala na kung minsang blood tests, sophisticated electrocardiogram, and treadmill. They just prescribe the medicine."
- DR. GREGORIO PATACSIL, consultant, Philippine Heart Center,
on how doctors outside of city centers deal with uncomplicated-hypertension
patients without having to subject them to too many tests
"We cannot go national on these reforms and help all the provinces due to limited resources. We have to prioritize. The national government will help the eldest child that can stand on his own and then,
pag nakatayo na siya, saka tutulong sa iba naman ng mga kapatid."
- DR. MA. SOLEDAD ANTONIO, chief legislative liaison, Department of Health,
on the "Fourmula 1" initiative, the "realistic" reformatting of the health-sector reform agenda
