BIOCHEMISTRY :

The department provides laboratory services in in association with Government General Hospital, Karaikal.The faculty and residents are involved in providing consultation for clinical correlation of the reports if requested, help in troubleshooting of laboratory-related issues, and maintenance of quality control measures to ensure accurate and reliable laboratory services.

The routine clinical laboratory services currently available include:

  • Blood urea, blood sugar, and electrolyte assays
  • Liver function tests
  • Thyroid function tests
  • Renal function tests
  • HbA1C estimation
  • Cardiac markers
  • Pregnancy markers
  • Tumor marker assays

Proposed services to be provided:

  1. Molecular/Genetic laboratory services
    • Aminoaciduria screening
    • Gene expression analysis
    • Protein profiling for genetic disorder
  2. Serum protein electrophoresis
  3. Stone analysis
  4. Cetrimide test
  5. Test in detection of porphyrins in urine

MICROBIOLOGY:

The department of Microbiology provides the following services in the IDSP Laboratory, GH Karaikal.

LIST OF THE INVESTIGATIONS 

    1. DENGUE NS1Ag[IgM]
    2. CHIKUNGUNYA[IgM]
    3. TYPHOID FEVER [Widal & Blood Culture]
    4. LEPTOSPIROSIS
    5. WATER TESTING
    6. HBsAg TRUNAT
    7. HCV TRUNAT
    8. HEV,HAV
    9. SWINE FLU
    10. Shigella Dysentery[stool culture]
    11. SCRUB TYPHUS(RAPID CARD TEST)
    12. Cholera[Hanging drop] 08
    13. CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY
    14. (Blood,Urine,Respiratory,Exudate, stool, pus Samples and Sterility test)
    15. Mycology : Fungal culture at JIPMER academic campus
    16. Others (RA Factor, CRP, ASLO)      RA Factor, CRP, ASLO
    17. CORONO [CoViD-19] TRUNAT

PATHOLOGY:

The department of Pathology renders a wide range of basic patient care services:

HEMATOLOGY:

  1. Complete blood count [Hemogram]
  2. Peripheral Smear examination
  3. Reticulocyte count
  4. Bone marrow examination
  5. Sickling test
  6. Malarial parasite – Thick smear

CLINICAL PATHOLOGY :

  1. Urine microscopy
  2. Coomb’s test

CYTOPATHOLOGY:

  1. Papanicolaou smear [Cervical cytology]
  2. Fluid Cytology – Pleural, Pericardial, Peritoneal, Synovial, CSF & Sputum cytology
  3. Urine Cytology
  4. Bronchial Wash, lavage/brushings
  5. Fine needle aspiration Cytology [FNAC]- Image guided & blinded
  6. Cell block preparation for further evaluation in Histopathology
  7. Tzanck smear
  8. Imprint cytology
  9. Rapid On Site Evaluation [ROSE]

HISTOPATHOLOGY:

  1. Small biopsies and endoscopic biopsies
  2. Large biopsies/ Resection specimens
  3. Special stains: Toluidene blue, Zeihl Neelsen stain [AFB stain], Fite’s stain, PAS stain
  4. Cell block processing

Future establishments and services to be provided are

  1.  Immunohistochemistry lab
  2.  Immunofluorescence lab
  3.  Frozen sections for intra-operative diagnosis
  4.  Dermatopathology lab
  5.  Renal pathology lab
  6.  FISH [Fluorescent in-situ hybridisation]
  7.  Coagulation/Hemolytic anemia lab
  8.  Flow Cytometry

CENSUS 2025 & PROJECTED NUMBERS FOR 2026

Service Cytopathology & Clinical pathology Hematology Biopsies/Resections
Numbers (2025) 1800 2000 697 (6 months data)
Projected Numbers (2026) 3000 3000 1800