AVMC – Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital

Department Of
Pathology

Facilities for Teaching & Learning

We have a well-equipped department library with more than 180 books including reference books, remote access to SCOPUS, indexed journals and clinical key by Elsevier Sciences for faculties and students.  The department has a well-organized QR coded museum displaying 500 neatly mounted surgical specimens with relevant details and multiple copies of catalogs.

The department is equipped with Olympus reporting microscopes and Labomed binocular microscopes for undergraduate teaching purposes. The practical halls are equipped with laminated charts, histopathology slides and pictorial charts of different pathological diagnoses.  

The department has a separate YouTube channel (DIGIPATH-2020) with more than 11 in-house prepared educational videos, 7000 views, 269 subscribers and aims to impart quality knowledge in pathology to medical students, paramedics and residents.

STUDENT OUTCOME:

PATIENT CARE:

Unique facilities are available like bone marrow study, fine needle aspiration cytology, immunohistochemistry, molecular studies and special staining techniques. We provide diagnostic services to all patients free of cost and with minimal turnaround time. We have a state-of-the-art cryostat machine for intraoperative frozen section examination. We render our services in the hospital at the central laboratory and in the college block at the department.  Our central laboratory is equipped with machines calibrated with international standards and with regular quality checks. Central Laboratory functions round the clock performing hematology and clinical pathology tests.

Our histopathology and cytopathology laboratories at the college block render services including histopathological examination, immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry, molecular studies, histochemistry, cytochemistry, fine needle aspiration cytology and Pap smear reporting. Our histopathology laboratory is equipped with Thermofischer automated tissue processor, Leica – Semi automated microtome and Thermofischer Cytocentrifuge.

OPD Services:

Our central laboratory and blood bank services function all the days round the clock.

 

Emergency Services Provided:

Cerebrospinal fluid analysis, peripheral smear reporting and blood bank services are available 24×7.