Lesson 2.2 - 2.3: HISTORY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES Flashcards
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Late 16th century, Manila
Capital of the Spanish empire
○ First Spaniards hospital
○ It was moved to Manila to cater to military patients
○ Health institutions were established for the poor
○ Educational institutions for the elite
1565, Hospital Real in Cebu
○ Established for the poor and leper
○ It was built by the religious Franciscans
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Reference hospital for HIV testing
3 Gs
1578, San Lazaro Hospital in Manila
○ God
○ Glory
○ Gold
Founded by the Dominicans
○ Established the first faculties of Medicine and PharmacPharmacy
1611, University of Santo Tomas
○ Established by the Spanish authorities
○ For laboratory examination of water, food, and clinical samples
1887, Laboratorio Municipal de Manila
Built for poor Spaniards
1596, Hospital de San Juan de Dios
After the fall of Manila, it was converted into the First Reserve Hospital by Lt. Col. Henry
Spanish Military Hospital
○ Chief surgeon of the Division of the Pacific and Eight Army Corps
▪︎ American
▪︎ Died of Typhoid fever
cause for typhoid fever
Lt. Col. Henry Lipincott
○ Caused by Salmonella typhi, commonly sourced from raw eggs.
▪︎ Because of his disease, the laboratory was not functional
○ Successor of Lipincott
○ Utilized the laboratory to perform autopsies and examine blood, feces, and urine.
Richard P. Strong
○ Established by the US Government through the Philippine Commission under the Philippine Commission Act No. 156
○ Located in Calle Herran, Ermita, Manila
○ Now stands as the National Institutes of Health of the University of the Philippines-Manila after the destruction during World War II.
1901, Bureau of Government Laboratories
○ Established at 208 Quiricada Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila
○ First clinical laboratory in the country
○ Where the Manila Public Health laboratory is presently located
26th Medical Infantry/Laboratory of the 6th Infantry Division of the US Army
At this time, Medical Technology practice was introduced to the Philippines by the 6th US Army
At the end of World War II
The US Army left the clinical laboratory at this time
the training of high school graduates to work as laboratory technicians started
1945
1944
Formally organized the Manila Public Health Laboratory from the remnants of the deserted laboratory
who assisted
Alfredo Pio de Roda, on October 1, 1945
Assisted by Dr. Mariano Icasiano
The first Manila City Health Officer
Dr. Mariano Icasiano
In 1947, the training program for high school
graduates to work as medical technicians was revised
revised by
Dr. Pio de Roda and Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana
Before this, there was no definite period of training, and no certificates were given to trainees
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1954
prepared the syllabus
a six-month laboratory training program with a certificate upon completion was given to trainees.
Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana
joined the two doctors later on in the training program at the Public Health Laboratory.
Dr. Tirso Briones
offered the first five-year Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology in Caloocan City.
through the pioneering efforts of?
Philippine Union College (1954)
Now known as the Adventist University of the Philippines
Mrs. Willa Hilgert-Hedrick, an American Seventh-Day Adventist missionary in the Philippines
○ Founder of Medical Technology Education in the Philippines
○ Developed the first-course curriculum
○ Put up the first Medical Technology school in the Philippines
Mrs. Willa Hilgert Hedrick
Her husband, Dr. Elvin Hedrick, was a missionary and doctor at the Manila Sanitarium Hospital
who came from New York and trained under Dr. Papanicolaou, in putting up the first complete laboratory in the Philippines at the Manila Sanitarium Hospital
Developed pap smear
Connected to a Medical Technology School
(PUC)
Mrs. Antoinette McKelvey
Dr. Georgios Papanicolau
Manila Sanitarium Hospital
first medical technology graduate of PUC
when
post-graduation plan
Mr. Jesse Umali
March 1955
took his medical studies at FEU and became a successful OB-Gynecologist
What happened on the Summer of 1955
2 more Medical Technologist
○ Mr. Avelino Oliva
○ Ms. Adoracion Yutuc
