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Pathology being the
study of disease and disease processes, the Department of Pathology helps in
identifying the exact disease, its nature and possible cause through study of
tissues and cells removed from the diseased part of the body. The correct and
effective treatment is decided on the basis of this identification or The Final
Diagnosis. The department has two units- Histopathology which examines
structural changes due to disease in tissues, organs or their parts, and
Cytopathology which tests for changes in cells constituting the tissues.
The Faculty staff
(Consultants) are highly qualified with long experience and several of them are
nationally and internationally recognised for their contribution to diagnosis,
research and education in different important diseases. Areas of special
expertise available from faculty staff including diseases of liver, stomach and
intestine, and nerves, kidney, heart and blood vessels, bones, skin, endocrines
and all forms of cancer and other tumours. The expertise of consultants attracts
a number of referrals for difficult and controversial cases from outside.
Technical support by a large technologist staff is of high quality.
The department serves
three essential functions: Patient care service, Education and Biomedical
Research.
PATIENT CARE SERVICE
Latest and advanced
equipments and technologies some of which are automated but many others that
need refined manual handling and expertise are used in the procedures for exact
disease identification. Broad spectrums of immunohistochemical,
immunoflourescence, histochemical and when needed ultrastructural techniques
that precisely identifies abnormalities and disease processes are used.
Except when special
tests are needed reports in Cytopathology and Histopathology are ready on the
same day and within 36hrs of specimen receipt respectively. In case an urgent
treatment decision is to be made on the basis of histopathological diagnosis a
report can be given within 24hrs.
Ultra urgent reporting
on tissues taken out while the patient is on the operating table is given within
10 to 15 minutes. This helps the surgeon take on the spot decision on how to
proceed with the surgery as well as immediate future management. The Department
has devised some very fast procedures for special tests like immunohistochemical
techniques and new innovative methods for immunoflourescence for autoantibodies.
All processed material
on which diagnosis are given, all written reports (hard and soft copies) are
stored. These can be retrieved for reference and review when needed.
GRADUATE EDUCATION AND
ACADEMICS
The department has a
very active inservice residency training programme for The Diplomate of the
National Board (DNB) in Pathology. Most faculty staff have long experience in
undergraduate and graduate teaching. Several intradepartmental conferences as
well as conferences with different clinical departments are conducted by the
department faculty as regular programmes of continued professional development
(continued medical education CME). The department also arranges for conducting a
Clinicopathological conference of interesting cases once every month or two
months. The department participates as faculty in almost all CME'S conducted
by other departments of the hospital.
RESEARCH
All the postgraduates
and staff are involved in research projects and have published these in indexed
journals. Several of the faculty members have excellent track records in
research and act as advisors and committee members/ chairman for research in
institutional and National bodies.
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