Since its
conception in the year 1945 under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Vaux
(1942 – 1962)., Pathology department is providing the required
pathological support for the right diagnosis of the patients. The
department has highly trained personnel in the field of
Nephropathology, GI Pathology, Oncology, Neuropathology and Cytology
and in Hemolytic Anemia and bleeding disorder.
The department has a wide range of Pathology Museum
specimens some of which date back to sixties! Dr. HLE Greuber
performed many Adult Post Mortems per year during his tenure and was
instrumental in collecting some of these specimens.
The Pathology Department is adequately staffed and currently it has
four Professors, one reader and three lecturers. The technical staff
is also dedicated and qualified.
At CMCH, department of
pathology is subdivided under the following sections
Haematology Section
The section is fully
computerized to do
The
department gets referrals from the local, neighbouring cities and
mission hospitals.Our hematology lab is the
only lab of
Ludhiana
qualified
to diagnose case of Hemophilia, DIC
and rare cases of Leukemia. We
routinely carryout Immunophenotyping of acute leukemia, facilities
setup with the help of British Hematologist Dr. R.P. Brit. Under the
ICMR project, CMCH is the center for Thalassemia screening also.
Cytology Section
It does the Fine
Needle aspiration cytology along with fluid cytology and cervical
PAP staining.
Clinical Pathology
It does the urine,
stool and semen examination.
