1918 - proffesionsal recognition of medical technologist from the government of US
1918 - The first formal training course of MedTech (There are 100 males Medical Technologists recognized in US )
1922 - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) was founded
WWII - first use of closed system (syringe) in blood collection
1565 - spaniards established the first hospital, Hospital in Cebu
1578 - San Lazaro Hospital was built by Fransciscans
1596 - hospital de san juan de dios was founded for poor spaniards
1641 - hospital de san jose was founded in cavity
1611 - univeristy of santo tomas was founded by dominicians
1876 - provided health services through the country
1883 - board of health and charity was established
1886 - boletin de medicina de manila
1887 - laboratorio municapal
1893 - revisita farmaceutica de filipina
1898 spanish military hospital was conveted to the first reserve hospital by Lt. Lipincott
1901 - bureau of government laboratories
1905 - Bureau of science was established
for medical officers who sought career in
research. It is now calledd as Departement of Science and Technology
1909 - medical research studies were done in 7000 fecal samples, 900 urine samples, 700 blood samples
1915 - bureau of health reorganized to Philippine health service
1927 - UP College of Public Health opened its
Certificate of Public Health program to
provide proper training to the Philippine
Health Service medical officers.
1933 - Philippine healt service reverted to Bureau of Health
1942 - 3rd Medical Laboratory was established in South West Pacific Area
1944 - Relocation of 3rd,5th and 8th Medical
Laboratories , 19th Medical General
Laboratory to the West Pacific Area.
• Training of high school graduates to
work as a laboratory technician started
Jan 1945 - 6th US Army was established in the Philippine at 208 Quiricada Street in Sta Crus, Manila and became the first clinical laboratory in the country. It is where the Manila Public Health Laboratory is presently located.
Sept 1945 - 26th Medical Laboratory was reorganized by Dr. Pio de Roda
January, 1945 - Medical laboratory, now known as the Manila Public Health Laboratory was formally organized under the leadership of Dr. Pio de Roda
1954 - Manila Sanitarium and Hospital in Pasay City.
Philippine Union College in Baesa, Caloocan City
(AdventetisUNiversityof the Philippines) now in Medical Technology
1954 - Willa Hilgert Hendrick - 1 to 4 yr BSMT Course
Mrs. Willa HIlgert - Hendrick is acknowledge as the Founder of Medical Techonolgy Education in the Philippines
Mrs. Antoinette Mc Kelvey - a trainee of Dr. Papanicoloau, joined Mrs. Hedrick in putting up the first complete laboratory in the Philippines at the Manila Sanitarium and Hospital
1955 - Dr. Jesse Umali, the first gruadate at PUC as OB-GYNE. She is the owner of Megalab in Vito Cruz, Manila
Mr. Avelino Oliva and Midd Adrocacion Yutuc, the other two Medical Technologist gruated at 1955
1957 to 1958 Univerity of Santo Tomas - Faculty of Pharmacy