{"id":131,"date":"2020-06-29T13:23:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T05:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.0.108\/resortinfo\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2024-10-16T08:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T00:05:41","slug":"healthcare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/resortinfo\/healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-accent-color has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Healthcare<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health care advice<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The staff and management of El Galleon and Asia Divers welcome you to the Philippines, and we hope you have a fantastic stay with us. We hope that this advice will help prevent health problems that could make your stay less enjoyable. In the tropics illness and infections can develop rapidly, and take much longer to clear up, so prevention is the key to a healthy holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunburn<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend use of: sun protection factor 15+ sunscreen, a sunhat and t-shirt if you are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>in direct sunlight in the middle of the day<\/li><li>on a boat, even if you are in the shade, or it\u2019s a cloudy day<\/li><li>snorkeling, or doing outdoor activities<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dehydration<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You should be drinking at least 5 litres of water a day, more if you are diving<\/li><li>It is safest to drink bottled drinking water.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stomach upsets<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Eat in reputable restaurants only \u2014 ask our staff for recommendations<\/li><li>Always wash or peel fruit<\/li><li>lmmodium and other such medicines are available<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cuts and scrapes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>These can be prevented by always wearing footwear and a full wet suit when diving. Be careful any open wound must be taken seriously!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Clean the wound with alcohol and iodine solutions<\/li><li>Put on a waterproof dressing if diving, or loose dressing if not<\/li><li>Use antibiotic cream. (Bactroban is the brand available here.)<\/li><li>If swelling, redness or any sign of infection shows, see a doctor<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ear infections<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rinse your ears out with fresh, clean water after diving, swimming or snorkeling<\/li><li>Do not put cotton buds or anything else into your ear \u2014 the skin in there is easily damaged<\/li><li>If your ear feels \u201cwet\u201d or itchy you can use isopropyl alcohol to rinse out the ear canal<\/li><li>If you have an infection or any pain, see a doctor immediately<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get medical help<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>El Galleon staff can arrange for you to see a doctor while First Aid is available in the front desk and the dive shop. Doctors are on call 24 hours a day in Sabang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare Health care advice The staff and management of El Galleon and Asia Divers welcome you to the Philippines, and we hope you have a fantastic stay with us. We hope that this advice will help prevent health problems that could make your stay less enjoyable. In the tropics illness and infections can develop rapidly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-131","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/resortinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/resortinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/resortinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/resortinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/resortinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/resortinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/resortinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/resortinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}