Laboratory

Laboratory depatment is perhaps one of the most important departments as it is here where disease gets diagnosed.All the other departments avail the service of
Laboratory. Histopathology, Cytology, Blood Bank, Biochemistry, Haematology and Microbiology are the divisions functioning in the department.

Services:-

Histopathology: Full fledged department with an annual turnover of nearly 5000 specimens including referrals from other hospitals also

Cytology : All cytological investigations including nearly 2000 FNAC done per year.

Blood Bank : One of the oldest licensed blood banks in the state, with an annual turnover of about 2500 pints per year

Biochemistry : Equipped with sophisticated instruments like

Autoanalyser – Hitachi 4020, ACS 180 – Automated chemiluminescence system for hormone and drug assay, brio – fully automated ELISA system for serological investigations. Abbot Quantom, Blood Gas Analyser and ISE electolyte analyzer, Electrophoresis apparatus.

Clinical Pathology and Haematology : Blood and bone marrow studies done equipped with automated blood cell counters – Sysmex k-4500, sysmex KX21 and ABX minod 60

Microbiology : All Routine Cultures including AFB and Fungal cultures done. Bactalert 3D – for automatic rapid culture.