Pathology

Pathology is the backbone of any good teaching hospital and fortunately, we have a strong backbone in the form of highly competent & dedicated staff looking after a fully automated and computerized Pathology department.

Past Splendour

In the past, the department has been steered by stalwarts like Dr. P.N. Bawa, Dr. G.B. Singh and Dr. B.R. Prabhakar.

In 1973, Dr. B.D. Sabharwal took over the reins of the department and it was under his stewardship that the department got its Postgraduate status with intake of its first batch of P.G. students.

Dr. V. Malhotra took over as head in 1997 and the MCI recognition of the postgraduate course was obtained in 1997.

To her credit is the setting up of fully developed and standardized Cytopathology, Immunopathology and Immunohistochemistry labs.

Dr. Neena Sood became the head in 2013 and led the department to further automation advancements including automatic staining and processing units in histopathology, flow cytometry in immunohematology and automatic immunohistochemistry.

Present Glory

Dr. Harpreet Kaur took over the reins of the Department in 2021. She is a dedicated academician with years of teaching experience in histopathology (especially neuropathology). The department is aiming to be one of the sought out institutes in pathology-related services under her leadership especially in the field of oncopathology.

Facilities Available

CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

• Haemogram complete
• ESR (Automated)
• Peripheral blood smear examination
• Peripheral blood film for malarial parasite & others
• Reticulocyte count (Automated)
• Bleeding Time & Clotting Time
• PT with INR
• APTT
• Factor VIII assay
• D-Dimer (Automated)
• Protein-C estimation
• Protein-S estimation
• Fibrinogen Quantitative
• Mixing studies for coagulation
• G6PD-Qualitative analysis
• Routine urine examination
• Urine examination for Bile salts/Bile pigment/Urobilinogen
• Urine test for pH, reducing substances, ketones
• Urine for eosinophils, fat globules
• Urine test for Pregnancy-Qualitative & Quantitative
• Semen analysis
• Stool for occult blood, pH, reducing substance and fat.

SPECIAL HAEMATOLOGY

• Bone marrow aspiration with special stains
• Bone marrow biopsy
• Plasma haemoglobin
• Fetal haemoglobin
• Osmotic fragility test
• LAP score
• Sickling test
• Urine haemoglobin
• Flow cytometry for Lymphoma/Leukemia workup including Minimal Residual Disease (MRD), HLA, CD-4 count, Stem cell count, Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
• Outside Bone marrow aspiration & Bone marrow biopsy slides for opinion.

HISTOPATHOLOGY

•  Biopsies: Trucut/Endoscopic/Curettings
• Surgical specimens - small, medium and large including cancer surgery specimens
• Frozen sections
• Autopsy (Neonatal & Adult)
• Outside histopathology slides & blocks for opinion.

CYTOPATHOLOGY

• FNAC (Direct & Image guided)
• All body fluids for cytology
•  All body fluids for malignant cells
• PAP smear - Conventional
• PAP smear - Liquid Based Cytology (LBC)
• Exfoliative Cytology - Brush Cytology/Scrapings/Imprint Cytology
• Cell Block
• Outside cytology slides for opinion.

IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

• IHC Diagnosis Panel for tumors
• IHC with Histopathology
• IHC for CMV
• EBER ISH for EBV
• Direct Immunofluorescence for kidney & skin biopsies
• Indirect Immunofluorescence assay for ANA, ANCA, EMA, AMA, LKM, ASMA
• Serum protein electrophoresis & Immunofixation
• ELISA for ANA & ds-DNA, ANCA
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Rheumatoid Factor (Qualitative & Quantitative)