Microbiology

Overview:

The department offers a 24-hour microbiology laboratory service to the entire hospital. The department of Microbiology aims to produce microbiologists of excellent caliber, who have been entrusted with diagnostic skills of infectious etiologies. With the rapid advance of technology and its application to diagnostics, we provide timely and accurate microbiology support where a precise and efficient diagnosis can make a difference in patient care and management, thereby saving innumerable lives. The services are divided into sections, with a faculty member overseeing and authorizing the work in each section. It has the facilities for the isolation and identification of various pathogenic microbes and determining their antimicrobial susceptibility.

Facilities & Services:

• The clinical laboratory is a part of the central laboratory of the hospital, fully equipped with the latest equipment of advanced technology with automated diagnostic facilities for routine microbiological investigations in Bacteriology, Serology, Immunology, Parasitology, Mycology, Virology &TB Culture, Blood Culture System and Drug Sensitivity Testing of Bacterial Isolates.
• Practical laboratories for students in microbiology
• Demonstration Room, equipped with an audio-visual system for scientific sessions
• Departmental library
• Research laboratory
• Museum with mounted specimens, charts, and illustrations