MARK MARINAS, MD, DPBS

Chairman, Department of Surgery

Zamboanga Del Norte Medical Center
 CLINICAL SCENARIO:
• 37/M
• 5 day history of severe abdominal pain and cramping

• On admission, patient was already in severe dehydration

and hypovolemic shock

• Hypotensive, tachycardic, weak pulses

• (+) loose watery stools

Referred to me for abdominal surgical evaluation

 PROGRESS REPORT
Fecalysis: (+) Amoebiasis

• Patient was admitted to the ICU.

• After intensive rehydration and medical
treatment, he eventually recovered after
spending a week in the hospital.
• He used his insurance and PHIC coverage.
(He did not spend for his hospitalization, his doctors
fees and even antibiotics)
 COST OF DISEASE
Patient ended up spending almost Php18,000 on
ASSOCIATED NONMEDICAL EXPENSES incurred
while staying in the hospital, not to mention the
LOSS OF INCOME from DISABILITY and potential
DEATH.
 WATER BORNE DISEASES

4,200 people die each

year due to contaminated
drinking water
World Bank (December 2005).
"Philippines: Meeting Infrastructure Challenges" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-04-
09. , p. 107
 WATER POLLUTION AND HEALTH

2.2 million metric tons of organic

pollutant are produced annually in the
Philippines
– domestic (48 percent)
– agricultural (37 percent)
– industrial (15 percent) sectors

Source: Philippines: Environment Monitor 2003

 GOVERNMENT DATA:
• 58 percent of groundwater sampled is
contaminated with coliform and needs
treatment;

• 31 percent of illness monitored for a five-year

period were caused by water-borne sources

Source: Philippines: Environment Monitor 2003

 Our Body: 70% Water

• Urine: 1.5 L
• Feces: 0.1L
• Respiration: 0.3L - 1L
• Metabolic Activity: 0.3L
• Sweat: 0.6L

TOTAL: 2.8-3.5 Liters per day

 WHAT’S WRONG WITH BOTTLED WATER?

• Plastic water bottles can pose serious health risks

from BISPHENOL-A / BISPHENOL-S (BPA/BPS),
PHTHALATES, which leach from the plastic

> BPA/BPS are estrogen-mimicking chemicals linked to

reproductive defects, learning and behavioral problems,
immune dysfunction, and prostate and breast cancer.
> PHTHALATES are also endocrine disruptors, and have
been linked to a wide range of developmental and
reproductive effects, as well as liver cancer.
 Environmental Sustainability
• plastic bottles cause enormous
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS because of the
sheer volume of plastic waste they create; the
lack of adequate recycling capability for
plastics; and the amount of oil required to
manufacture them.
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 PRICE COMPARISON
Bottled Water prices (Lee Plaza, February 11, 2015)

Nature's Spring Alkaline: P24.00

AbsoluteDistilled: P22.00
Wilkins Distilled: P24.00
Nature's Spring Distilled: P16.50

Viva Mineralized: P20.50

WilkinsPurified:P20.50
PremierPurified: P20.00

Summit Natural: P18.50

Nature's Spring Filtered: P15.50

eSpring (at P7,825/5,000Li) P1.56

 Peaches and Pears Comparison
Ordinary Water Refilling Prices:
Regular rate: P25/container (5gallons/18.93Li)
P1.32/Li

eSpring (at P7,825/5,000Li) P1.56/Li

Price Difference:
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3. Compressed Block
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4. UV lamp (vs. systems without sterilization)
 9 KEY POINTS
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