The First PITAHC Acupuncture Accreditation Committee Meeting

Juvencio Ordoña, MD, the new OIC-Director General of the Philippine Institute of Traditional & Alternative Health Care (PITAHC), presents draft guidelines for the accreditation of acupuncturists in the Philippines. Francis Ras, MD on far right, Edgardo Javillonar, MD on far left, and Jennifer Madamba, MD on foreground. PITAHC is a government body tasked with the development and regulation of alternative medicine in the Philippines.
Jenny Madamba and Ed Javillonar review the guidelines which had actually been drafted and had already undergone public hearings in 2004. Dr. Ordoña promises to get things done fast this time.
Discussion at the office of PITAHC, 24th floor, Atlanta Building, Greenhills.
The newly installed Acupuncture Accreditation Committee with the Director General. (Left to right): Edgardo Javillonar, MD, Jennifer Madamba, MD, Juvencio Ordoña, MD, yours truly, and Alfonso Lagaya, MD. Not in the picture: Angela Garcia, MD, and Francis Ras, MD.
Dr. Ordoña relates his encounter with the needle.
Dr. Ordoña and Dr. Lagaya: the present and former bosses of PITAHC.
Al Lagaya undergoes acupuncture at end of meeting. Jenny administering.