[Music] good day class for today's topic we will be talking about the history of medical technology in the philippines at the end of this learning session the student must be able to trace the history and development of the medical technology field you will be able to familiarize the medical technology practice here in the philippines and you will also be able to identify the medical technology organizations in the philippines what could have been the most important event that triggered the start of medical laboratory practice here in the philippines the first event is the opening of the swiss canal facilitated the dissemination of information from the west to the east and the second one is in 1944 during the world war ii united states bases were built in the island of leyte this made possible for the u.s military forces to bring in members of their health care team in the philippines to resolve health problems of the american and filipino soldiers medical facilities were made available to the philippines which includes the 26th medical laboratory of the sixth u.s army brigade the said laboratory was located at kirikati street santa cruz manila now known as the public health laboratory a division of the manila health department remember this class this will always go out in the board examination the laboratory was located at where kirikata street santa cruz manila who brought the medical facilities as well as the health care team here in the philippines the 26th medical laboratory of the sixth u.s army brigade in february 1944 philippines started training civilians to become members of the healthcare team the sixth u.s army brigade left the laboratory in june 1945. the laboratory was endorsed to the national department of health but the department did not seem to be interested in pursuing the objectives of the laboratory but even before the outbreak of the world war ii class the spanish empire established manila as their capital in the late 16th century the first hospital the spaniards established in 1565 is called hospital real in cebu which was then moved to manila to cater to military patients of course as how we were taught in our philippine history members of religious orders who came into the country alongside the other spanish occupiers they establish health institutions for the poor and educational institutions for the elite in 1578 the franciscans built the san lazaro hospital for the poor and the lepers in 1596 the hospital di san juan di dios was founded for poor spaniards in 1641 the hospital di san jose was also founded in cavite by the way class as a disclaimer i will not be asking you to memorize dates what's important is that you know the series of events okay the dominicans founded the university of santo tomas in 1611 which in 1871 established the first faculties of pharmacy and medicine with the establishment of both health and educational institutions there are also journals that were created for science and medicine that has been published that includes bulletin de medicina de manila da revista pharmaceutica de filipinas and chronicas de ciancias medicas the central board of vaccination which started producing and distributing vaccine lymph in 1806 had 122 regular vaccinators in manila and other major towns by 1898. in 1876 provincial medical officers were appointed to provide health care services throughout the country this was followed by the establishment of the board of health and charity in 1883 which was later expanded in 1886. in 1887 the spanish authorities established laboratorio municipal de manila which is used to examine the food water and clinical samples although this was already an established laboratory it was not really used during outbreaks and even plagues philippine war hero general antonio luna by the way if for those who don't know him you may watch general luna you can find it in netflix to help reinforce your knowledge about philippine history yes so he was employed as a chemical expert in this laboratory and pioneered water testing forensics and environmental studies however class the advancements in medicine and healthcare during the spanish colonial rule broke down because of the philippine-american war which lasted from 1899 to 1902 after the fall of manila the spanish military hospital was converted into the first reserve hospital in 1898 by lieutenant colonel henry lippincut who was also a chief surgeon of the division of the pacific and 8th army corps this hospital had a diagnostic laboratory but was not fully used because the director of this hospital who is operating the diagnostic lab contracted typhoid fever the successor director of this laboratory who is richard p strong he made use of the laboratory to perform autopsies and to examine blood feces and urine along with other laboratory services during the reign of the u.s government at 1901 with the help of the philippine commission they were able to build bureau of government laboratories under the philippine commission act number 156 this bureau was located in kaliheran hermita manila it contains a science library a chemical section and a serum laboratory for the production of vaccines the first bureau director of bureau of government laboratories was paul freyr paul freyr class provided adequate supplies and equipment to the bureau so this laboratory is composed of two stories with two wings so the other wing is called the biological wing so it has microscope tables by the window while the other one is the general laboratory work which is used to filter distill and heat water unfortunately the building was destroyed during world war ii and the national institutes of health of the university of the philippines manila occupies this area currently at the end of the philippine-american war the civilian board of health established by the americans was changed into the bureau of health in 1915 it was reorganized into the philippine health service but later on reverted to the bureau of health by 1933. the university of the philippines college of public health formally opened its certificate in public health program in june of 1927 with the aim to provide proper training to the philippine health services medical officers on december 8 1941 japan attacked the whole of manila through aerial assault and deployment of troops just 10 hours after bombing pearl harbor it was the beginning of the second world war that resulted in massive casualties amid this turmoil the medical laboratory unit of the u.s army provided medical services with available laboratory supplies supplemental laboratory examinations and epidemiological and sanitary investigations it was also tasked to perform routine water analysis examination of food supplies distribution of special reagents and solutions culture media and investigation of epidemics and episodics the unit also performs special serological bacteriological pathological and chemical examinations post-mortem exams and preservation of pathological specimens of value to the u.s army medical department the world war ended in september 1945 and barely a month after the laboratory was formally reorganized by dr alfredo pio de roda and assisted by dr mariano ecaciano who was then the manila city health officer the laboratory was later named manila public health laboratory so what was this laboratory again this was the first laboratory established where again kirikata street santa cruz manila now known as the manila public health laboratory it's impossible if you still forget that a training program for individuals aspiring to become laboratory workers was offered in 1947 by dr pio de roda in collaboration with dr prudentia santa anna trainees were mostly high school graduates and paramedical graduates the training proved to be ineffective because the trainees were never motivated and there was no program that was supposed to last for a definite period and no certificates were issued to trainees later on dr santa anna was asked to prepare a six-month formal syllabus for the training program with certificate for the trainees upon completion the training program ended in 1954 when the bureau of private education approved a four-year course in bachelor of science in medical technology in the same year the manila sanitarium and hospital opened the first school of medical technology in the philippines under the leadership of mrs wilia hedrick who is the wife of dr alvin hedrick soon after manila sanitarium hospital started its medical internship and residency training program which was affiliated with loma linda university in california in 1954 the philippine union college in baisaka city now known as adventist university of the philippines absorbed the manila sanitarium and hospitals school of medical technology what was left with msh was the facility for its clinical division wait there's more the five-year curriculum leading to the degree of bachelor of science in medical technology was approved by the bureau of private education in 1954 the school produced its first graduate dr jesse umali who later graduated as a doctor of medicine at the far eastern university and became a successful ob gynecologist in the u.s in the summer of 1955 two more students from the philippine union college graduated the medical technology course that would be avelino oliva and adoration yotoch kindly prepare your notebook and your pen to write this down some other significant events in the history of medical technology in the philippines the philippine national red cross was created last 1947. 1954 the philippine union college and medical sanitarium in baisakalokan offered the first four-year bs medical technology 1956 philippine union college has its first graduate dr jesse o'malley on that same year republic act 1517 or otherwise known as the blood banking law was approved 1957 university of santo tomas offered medical technology as an elective to fourth and fifth year bs pharmacy students and without the 12-month internship training 1960 centro escolar university offered bs medical technology and turned out its first batch of graduates in 1962 consisting of only eight graduates that's eight graduates only 1961 far eastern university offered bs medical technology under the college of medicine and turned out its first batch of graduates in 1963. the university of the philippines also started offering bs hygiene immaculate conception college now known as the university of immaculate conception in davao city offered bs medical technology so this is the first medical technology school in mindanao 1962 university of santo tomas formally offered bs medical technology while the university of san agustin offered bs medical technology which is the first med tech school in the visayas 1963 an organizational meeting headed by chrysanto g almario was held at the public health laboratory in manila which was attended by professionals and members of the academe from the allied medical profession 1964 asiation of medical technologists or pamet had its first national convention at far eastern university medical auditorium 1966 republic act 4688 or otherwise known as the clinical laboratory act was approved pamit was registered at the securities and exchange commission last 1969 together with the approval of the republic act 5527 the philippine medical technology act was enacted into law 1970 the board of medical technology was created poor swan to republic act 5527 the first licensure examination for medical technology was then conducted and maredel p passage was the first board top notcher on that same year 1970 philippine asiation of schools of medical technology or hygiene or otherwise known as pass meth was also created pamette was registered with the international asiation of medical laboratory technologists 1971 guidelines on clinical internship program was drafted reviewed and finalized and a curriculum was designed with reference to united states laboratory courses during 1972 former president ferdinand e marcos declared the third week of september as medical technology week it was also the same year during the declaration of martial law and the philippine society for microbiology and infectious diseases was also formally organized here in the philippines 1973 presidential decree 223 was approved creating the professional regulations commission so that was the prc palmett was also officially recognized as the only accredited professional organization of registered medical technologists in the philippines angelina jose was elected as the first female president of pamet usd graduate school offered master of science in medical technology which is the first graduate school to offer msmt so that was 1975. pioneer educational review center is also the first review center for medical technology established 1978 medical services of america tapped bsmt graduates to undergo a six-month on-the-job respiratory therapy training program and produced the first batch of filipino respiratory therapists in the philippines 1983 the philippine blood coordinating council or the pbcc which is the professional society specializing in blood banking was created professor lina c sumera of the u p college of public health was awarded as the first most outstanding medical technologists kindly write this down also 1985 palmett gained membership in the asean association of medical laboratory technologists during the year 1988 philippine women's university submitted for pasco accreditation pasco class stands for philippine accrediting association of schools colleges and universities the philippine women's university is the first medical technology school to undergo pasco accreditation the olongapo zambales chapter was also awarded by pamet as the first most outstanding chapter that's olongapo and zambales chapter 1989 during the third acmlt in singapore then palmett president carmen sita asedera was also elected to the aamlt presidency 1999 the philippine council for quality assurance in clinical laboratories was organized during that same year the eighth acmlt in brunei darussalam norma chang was elected president of aamlt on the year 2002 philippine society of medical technology students or fismets was organized 2004 philippine women's university started offering certificate in phlebotomy which is the first test the certified short-term course on phlebotomy test this stands for technical education and skills development authority on 2005 american society of clinical pathology board of registry introduced ascp international certification in the philippines so as you can see from my name class you can see there that i am mls ascp certified so that means i am a medical laboratory scientist from the american society of clinical pathology so i passed the certification examination for mls also on that same year 2005 axe review center was awarded by the philippine marketing excellence awards as the nation's most outstanding medical review center 2006 schools and universities updated their curriculum and changed the name of bsmt to bmls so instead of bachelor of science in medical technology they changed it to bachelor of medical laboratory science following the release of memorandum order number 14 of the commission of higher education rationalizing the medical technology education in the philippines pharmacology is also then included in the bsmt bmls curriculum and last 2010 the first batch of bmls students graduated professional organizations are assemblages of professionals within a particular specialization or professional field that come together for the purpose of collaboration networking and professional development or advancement in the field of medical technology class we have actually two professional organizations one is philippine asiation of schools of medical technology and public health and the other one is philippine asiation of medical technologists we will tackle this more on our professional organization's lecture for pmls one for now i just want to introduce to you the different precedents for passmeth and pamet the current pass meth president is still mr dean bernard yu ebuen well the new and current president for palmett is mr romell f sacetta you will get to know more about them soon in our next topics for pmls one before we end this lecture topic i would want to remind you to always seek god's will in all you do that's proverbs chapter 3 verse 6. again i would want to thank all of you for taking this time and for listening to my lecture today have a great day ahead and god bless you always