Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel of Caloocan, Inc.

Phase 10 Pkg. 6 Blk. 1 Lot 1-5 Bagong Silang, Caloocan City

SUPPORT SERVICES

HEALTH SERVICES

The clinic seeks to provide health services to students who need immediate medical
attention and first aid treatment. It is open from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on
Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. There is clinician on the said schedules.

Patients that need a companion should only be accompanied by at least one person;
otherwise ambulatory patients may seek to consult by themselves. This is to maintain an
orderly and peaceful environment that is expected of a clinic. First aid treatments and first
aid drugs may be provided to all patients subject to availability. If the patients’ condition
requires further management in a hospital setting, they are immediately referred to the
nearest hospital with the consent of parents/guardians.

The beds at the clinic are allotted only to sick patients. Students who are not sick have no
place in the clinic. Hanging around the clinic for whatever reason is strongly discouraged.

Eating, making noise, and other activities that disturb the quiet environment of the clinic
should also be discouraged.

Illness
Obvious symptoms that should be considered in keeping a student at home includes fever,
red swollen eyes, congested/runny nose, vomiting, behavioral changes, diarrhea,
listlessness, rash, and open sores or lesions.

Students should stay at home for a minimum of 24 hours following a fever or nausea. A
student who suddenly develops a headache, chill, fever, vomiting spell, or other signs of
illness should be kept home.
If a student is diagnosed with a communicable illness, parents are requested to notify the
faculty and observe the following:

 Chickenpox - school exclusion is seven days;

 Conjunctivitis (pink eye) - students may not attend school if discharge is present;
 Streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat) - students may return to school after they
have been on an antibiotic for 24 hours and are relieved from fever.

If an antibiotic is prescribed for a contagious condition, student should take the antibiotic for
24 hours before returning to school.

A student who becomes ill or injured in school will be taken to the clinic where every effort
will be made to see that he/she is comfortable.

School Nurse and/or Faculty will contact the student’s parent if the student needs to go
home or if medical attention is required. It is important that an emergency number is on file in
the school in order that parents may be reached. Emergency numbers should be kept up to
date.

In the case of an emergency occurring during school hours, parents or other authorized
persons will be contacted for instructions. If no emergency instructions can be obtained, the
student will be transported by ambulance or authorized private vehicle to the closest
hospital, and the instructions and recommendations of the attending physician will be
followed (unless parents or guardians sign a refusal to consent to emergency medical
authorization).

In certain situations, a student will not be readmitted to school without medical clearance
from a physician/dentist.

Medication
Readily available (first aid) medicines are available upon request at the clinic. All medicines
that are not available at the clinic should be shouldered by the patients and should be
considered personal expenses

Patients should personally drop by the clinic when asking for medicines. Asking somebody
to get medicines is not allowed. No medicines should be taken out for personal use.

Any medications issued by the clinic to students during school hours must be duly registered
in the log book by the school nurse or any medical volunteer on duty.

Students may not bring medicine of any sort to school.

Medications prescribed by doctors outside the college should be brought to the school with
the prescription and its instructions. Teachers should check on the veracity of the dosage.

The only medication students are allowed to carry in school are inhalers used for asthma
treatment.

All medicines prescribed outside should be taken at the student’s own risk. The clinic should
not be accountable for it.