INTRODUCTION

Pathology department of MTI Mardan provides state-of-the-art diagnostics and testing facilities to all patients visited to the Hospital. Our staff is highly committed, dedicated, well qualified & trained and are available for services round the clock i.e. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. MTI, MMC running its own lab to facilitate General, Sehat Sahulat Card and Institutional Based Practice (IBP) Patients in clinical care and another lab is working under the Bacha Medical college.

Mission: Our mission is to provide 100 percent accurate, timely and Quality diagnostics healthcare.

Infrastructure: Department of Pathology was established in year 1999 with infrastructure for Routine, Specialized, Molecular, Chemical, Serological investigation, Blood Banking and PCR Services.

Facilitates: Our diagnostic laboratory has facilities of Hematology, Chemical Pathology, Serology, Molecular Pathology, Blood Banking and PCR lab. For facilitation of patients, services are provided round the clock with ensuring Internal Quality Standards by means of Quality Control Materials.

Training: Department of pathology is recognized for undergraduate medical training MBBS/BDS training.

Research Training: Department of pathology aims to develop research programs in the future that will distinguish the department institutionally and nationally.

Future Plan:

• To convert current conventional system to laboratory automation through HMIS.
• To establish fully functional departments of Histopathology, Virology and Immunology with qualified staff.

Lab (Pathology) Services:

MMC Laboratory (Pathology) has different section like Clinical Hematology, Serology, Clinical Biochemistry and Histophatology.

MMC Lab provides the following diagnostic services:

Hematology Investigations: Complete/Full blood Count, Sepecial Smear, Coaggulation Profile (PT, APTT, and INR), Cloting Factors (Plates, Calcium etc.) and diagnosis of Leukemias.

Serological Investigations:  All types of screening (HBV profile, HCV, HIV and VDRL by 4^th generation ELISA). PCR: HBV PCR and Genotyping.

Microbiologica Investigations: Bacteriological, virological, Mycological & Parasitological Investigations.

Bacteriological Examination: TB (from screening to PCR), Enteric fever (typhoid) (Widal, Typhidot), ASO & VDRL etc.

Virological Investigations: Hepatitis B, C, HIV & Dengue (from screening to PCR).

Mycological Investigations:         Leish Screening/Scraping.

Parasitological Investigations: Malarial Parasites (MP), Worms, Toxoplasmosis & Leishmaniasis.

Histophatology: FNC & Biopsies.

Routine Chemistry: Blood Sugar, RFT’s (Blood urea, Creatinine), Uric Acid, LFTs (ALT (SGPT), Alkaline Phosphatase (ALK), Bilirubin).

Special Chemistry: Lipid Profile, Cardia Enzymes, Hormones & Tumor Markers.

Lapid Profile: Cholestrol, Triglycerides (TG), HDL, LDL.

Cardiac Enzymes: CPK, LDH, CPK, CKMB, AST, Trop I.

Immunochemistry: TFTs (T3, T4, TSH), Fertility Hormones (FSH, LH, Testosterones, Prolactin, BHCG).

Tumor Markers: PSA, CA 125, a-fetoprotein & BHCG.

Others: Amylase, D-dimer, Ferittin.

Blood Bank:

MMC Lab has 24 hours funtional blood bank with all facilities.

Services: Blood collection, Blood Grouping, cross matching, Blood screening. It provides whole blood, FFP, Packed cells, Plasma cells, Plasma & Platelets to the indoor & casualty patients.

Staff MMC Lab:

1. Prof. Dr Nazish Farooq     Chairman Pathology
2. Dr salva                                Ap Incharge Blood Banks
3. Dr Sadia                               SR Incharge Chemistry Sec.
4. Dr Ishtiaq Rasool                  Blood Bank Officer
5. Dr Khalida                             Inchage PCR Section

Lab Tecnicians:

1. Abdul Karim                      Chief Supervisor
2. Muzzamil shah                  Incharge Store & Logistics
3. Shah Khisro
4. Hazrat Hussain
5. Sher Azam
6. Arish Ali
7. Sajjad Ahmad
8. Nasir-ul-llah
9. Hassan Gul
10. Farman Ali
11. Wasim Iqbal
12. Shahid Ali
13. Jamil-ur-Rehman
14. Abdus Salam
15. Zabi-ullah
16. Naveed

Lab Attendents:

1. Gul Said
2. Imtiaz
3. Said Ghani
4. Faiz Muhammad
5. Zubair
6. Shiraz Taneemur Rehman
7. Adil
8. Ihtisham
9. Muhammad Sajjad
10. Khurshid Afzal
11. Abdul Razzaq

Clerical Staff:

1. Saeedullah
2. Zakirullah

Blood Bank Staff:

1. Mr  Niaz Ali                  Chief Technician
2. Latifur Rehman
3. Naseer Ahmad
4. Muhammad Zada
5. Attaullah
6. Assad Ali                      Attendent