HISTORY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

• 1878 - William Welch offered the first laboratory course in pathology fter studying in German Laboratories
• 1965 - William Pepper Laboratory - University of Pennsylvania
• 1965 - James C. Toddd wrote a book: Clinical Diagnosis: a Manual of Laboratory Methods
• John B. Henry - Clinical Diagnosis in Management by Laboratory Method
• 1918 - John Kolmer demand the training of laboratory technicians enacted the law that all institutions should have equipped laboratory
• 1920 - the administrative units of clinical laboratories were directed by chief physicians
• Clinic has 4 - 5 divisions (Clinical Pathology, Microbiology, Bacteriology, Serology, Radiology,)
• 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

  (Adventetis UNiversity of 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