Philippine Heart Center

Services:
Inaugurated on February 14, 1975 • Cardiovascular Surgery
• Non-Invasive Diagnostic Cardiology
Dedicated to the Filipino people as an institution committed to caring for
• Invasive Cardiology
patients with heart and related ailments.
• Radiological Sciences
• Nuclear Medicine
Located at 174, Diliman, • Vascular Center
Quezon City, Metro •
•
Laboratory Medicine
Blood Bank
Manila • Neurovascular Laboratory
It is now on its fourth decade of dedicated • Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
service • Pulmonary Medicine Division
The Center has gained a reputation as one of the busiest Congenital
• Electrocardiology
Heart Surgery centers in the region
• Psychiatry and Behavior Medicine
How do medical laboratory scientists
function in this setting?
The Philippine Heart Center Blood Bank is a blood service facility responsible for donor
screening and selection, blood collection, testing, preparation, handling, storage, release and
dispatch of all its blood products.
Services PHC can offer which
can be performed by medical
In this institution, medical technologists.
 ABO and Rh Typing
technologists type blood  Compatibility Testing
and match it to donor units  Processing of Blood Products/Components
of blood for transfusions.  Hemoglobin and Hematocrit Testing
 Screening for Transmissible Diseases
 Hepatitis Profile
 Drug Testing
 Antibody Testing
How can medical laboratory scientists
help promote health education?
Medical Laboratory scientist promote health education but there are a lot of
programs medical laboratory science can offer.

HOW:
 Conduct research and advance
testing for future use
 Evaluate new test
 Discover the cause of spreading
infections
 Spreading awareness by
conducting seminars and lectures
 Promote self-care
REFERENCES

• https://www.phc.gov.ph/services/vtour/bloodbank-division.php
• https://uwosh.edu/medicaltechnology/students/medical-technologist
s/
• https://
www.ruralhealthinfo.org/toolkits/health-promotion/2/strategies/heal
th-education
• https://www.kent.edu/ehhs/hs/hedp