The day at Pathology begins with being greeted by profusely crying babies whose blood is being drawn.

From this blood we accomplish wonders of diagnosing fever, anaemias, leukemias, metabolic errors and storage disorders. A colourful malarial parasite is a treat for the eyes cos the patient is relieved of a painful differential diagnosis.

Yes, when the blood does not give a clue, we are brutal enough to poke their marrow either with a needle or trephine too.

Children with the swelling are directed to us for INAC, we needle them either guided or blindly.

Pediatric surgeons send us biopsies and surgical specimens. To unnravol the mysteries of these Paediatrics neoplasm's and tell whether being or malignant is indeed a challenge and gives us a few grey hairs.

We do get a good lot of antenatal and Gynaec hematology and histopathology specimens and they provide us a spectrum of interesting cases.

Apart from all these we deal with various body like csf, ascetic and pleural fluids. Reticulocyte count and sick ling tests also greet us daily.

Our sincere hard working, dedicated teams of technicians need a special mention. But for them, co-ordination.

Despite the continuous onslaught of cases and heavy work load which we manage with only skeletal facult,

AT THE END OF THE DAY,
A SMILING CHILD ON THE WAY BACK HOME IS THE BEST REWARD.