Pathology

The Department of Pathology includes various pathological diagnostic services by laboratory analyses work carried out in various clinico-pathologic laboratories like Histopathology, Cytology, Haematology, Biochemistry, Blood Bank, Paediatric Oncology Haematology, Vasna Hospice Haematology, and Microbiology.

Pathology department is the heart of our Hospital; central to any cancer management is tissue diagnosis. Metabolic profile and haematological alteration in a cancer patient plays a pivotal role in overall outcome. The department is well equipped with highly sophisticated microscopes attached with camera and computer for teaching and record purposes. It provides services of histopathological diagnosis, frozen section diagnosis, haematological tests, biochemical tests etc. The department has an internet facility for tele-pathology.

This department is involved with the diagnosis of infectious diseases complicating cancers like infections with bacteria, fungi, viral diseases, and molecular diagnosis of the infection in patients. It also caters to bring out guidelines for prevention of Hospital Infection, performs periodical surveillance and conducts frequent training programme for nursing staff. It is actively involved in the Medical Laboratory Technology Training Programme.