THANKS to all for your comments — keep them coming!

And while we are on this “Desperate Housewives” topic (read the latest development on the story by clicking here), and as we feel energized by this lively discussion, let me bring up a related matter.

Most Filipinos know that in many US hospitals, you can’t turn a corner without bumping into a Filipino health care professional — doctor, nurse, therapist, nurse aide and so on. So have you, like me, wondered why there are no Filipino characters in the main cast of these hospital drama shows? And to think there are dozens of these shows on American television.

A READER, Joy Franje, forwarded an e-mail that has been circulating in cyberspace.

The e-mail, with the subject line, “Desperate Housewives — Insulting Remark on Philippine Medical Schools,” came with an attached MP3 clip of the dialogue. Click here for the MP3 clip.

The e-mail also came with a transcription of the dialogue (read below) from the popular TV series. As we write this, we are trying to get a statement from the folks behind “Desperate Housewives.”

From the e-mail:

Susan Mayer Delfino, played by Teri Hatcher, was talking with her OB/Gyn in the scene. Her doctor told her that she might be hitting menopause (with her saying that she’s too young for that).

Here’s what she said: “Okay, before we go any further, can I check those diplomas? Coz I would just like to make sure they are not from some med school in the Philippines.”