The Pathology department forms the backbone of any hospital as it provides
the diagnosis which is essential for any treatment.
Pathology literally translates to the ‘Study of Suffering’ and
more precisely the term is used for study of diseases.
The aetiology, mechanism of diseases and changes occurring in organs at
macroscopic as well as microscopic level are studied. The changes are
correlated with clinical findings.
Investigations, principles of techniques and interpretation of the results
are also part of this subject.
Teaching Activity
The department of Pathology conducts theory and practical training sessions
for students enrolled in various educational programmes conducted by the
college as:
Various teaching learning methods used are theory lectures, small group
teaching, tutorials, demonstrations, hands-on practicals, case based
learning, OSPEs, etc.
The department houses two practical laboratories and a museum with more than
1000 mounted specimens. A penta-head microscope with camera and display has
also been installed for easy learning of histopathology and cytopathology.
Apart from these, the teachers take active part in various CMEs, conferences
and senior surgical meetings to keep themselves updated. The teachers are
members of various groups formed by Mumbai pathologists like Bombay Cytology
Group, Gynaec pathology and Breast Pathology Group.
The department contributes slides for the MAPCON (Maharashtra Chapter
Conference) slide seminar every year. Papers and posters are presented by
faculty members.
Hospital Services
The department houses service laboratories - Haematology, Histopathology and
Cytology which are equipped with latest instruments including
auto-analyzers, Coagulometer, High Performance Liquid Chromatography,
Cryostat, Automated tissue embedding machine, etc.
Haematology and Clinical Pathology services are offered round-the-clock for
all patients of K. J. Somaiya Hospital (OPD, IPD, Casualty, ICU, samples
collected during various health camps, etc).
Histopathology and Cytology services are offered which includes different
tests grouped as follows :
FNAC
Fluid Cytology
Pap smear
Bone marrow aspiration and biopsies
Histopathology including skin biopsies
Frozen section histopathology
Individuals and organisations can also directly avail these services for
purposes like pre-employment / in-service health check-ups, etc.
The Cytology and Haematology labs participate in internal and external
quality assurance programmes, ensuring high accuracy and precision of test
results.
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