Though very well known to this writer, his voice still sounds very much like a 40-year old man. But Dr. Miguel Resty Cornejo is now 89.
I first met him in my office at Bank of America Manila Branch some 30 years ago. He was complaining about his Visa credit card. Satisfying his requirements, he invited me to join the Rotary Club of Makati of which he was the president.
I telephoned him recently to inquire about the availability of pancreanexin, a medical preparation that he claimed to have rejuvenating effects on the human body. I did not immediately recognise the voice at the other end of the line. So I repeated my request to speak to his father, Dr. Miguel “Resty” Cornejo. “But Dino, I am Resty Cornejo!” he exclaimed.
He usually wears a doctor’s white coat with a Presidential Security Guard Command Hospital label. He was the personal cardiologist of the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos who presumably had received shots of pancreanexin, an intravenous preparation extracted from the placenta of unborn lambs.
Dr. Resty Cornejo has received close to a thousand awards and commendations from various organizations because of what is regarded as his valuable contribution to cardiology and the practice of medicine.
Sometime in 1994 while still in Manila, I experienced what is commonly known as ‘frozen shoulder.’ I couldn’t raise my left arm fully. The most I could do was point it to the horizon but even that caused much pain. Conducting my own research, I thought I was suffering from arteriosclerosis, an abnormal thickening of the walls of the arteries associated with old age. I thought I needed a surgical procedure.
When I consulted Dr. Cornejo, he did not agree to what he regarded as an invasive surgery. He suggested that I take a few intravenous shots of pancreanexin. He added that I did not have to pay him if I was not happy with the results. So I took the shots and in just a few days, the pain was gone. I could also raise both my arms pointing straight to the sky.
But there was a surprise side effect. Something else went up and it made my wife very happy in the bedroom. Sadly, pancreanexin is unknown and not available in Australia.
Miguel Restituto Cornejo, Jr. graduated from the University of Sto. Tomas with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (cum laude), Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) and as a Doctor of Medicine (cum laude), with specialties in cardiovascular diseases and internal medicine. The International Who’s Who in Medical Science has cited him for his distinguished achievements in the fields of cardiology and internal medicine. He is married with nine children.
At 89, Dr. Cornejo is still very active in medical practice. “I have this never-ending desire, this passion, to make people live longer,” he explains. “So I go around, delivering lectures all over the world, to inform and educate the public about heart problems. Do not smoke your heart to death. Watch your diet. Exercise. Maintain your good health. Take time out to rest from your busy schedule, like taking a 10-minute break for every hour of work. Have a regular sex program.”
According to Dr. Cornejo, pancreanexin is an extract from the glands of unborn lambs. He imports it directly from France. “It can unclog blocked arteries,” he says.
“It improves arteriocapillary irrigation and develops collateral circulation. Collateral circulation is the blood flow in the subsidiary vascular channel, which is present throughout the circulatory network and which provides a secondary defence mechanism against failure of the primary vessels. Pancreanexin treats coronary insufficiency, deficient cerebral circulation due to spasm, coronary thrombosis and inflammation of the arteries.”