Indian Red Cross Society, Mehsansa Asset

Mehsana Taluka Branch.

Pathology Laboratory

Sponsored By: - CSR ONGC Mehsana Asset

In Association with: - Indian Red Cross Society
Mehsana Taluka Branch.
Inauguration Ceremony: -

Introduction: -
A pathology laboratory is a medical facility that specializes in the
diagnosis and treatment of diseases through the examination of
tissues, fluids, and other biological specimens. Pathology labs employ
a range of laboratory techniques and technologies to analyse
samples and generate reports for medical professionals.
The laboratory is typically staffed by trained pathologists, medical
laboratory technicians, and other healthcare professionals who work
together to provide accurate and reliable diagnostic services.
Pathologists are doctors who specialize in the study of diseases and
are responsible for interpreting laboratory results and providing
diagnosis and treatment recommendations to other healthcare
professionals.
Overall, pathology laboratories play a critical role in the diagnosis
and treatment of a wide range of diseases, from cancer to infectious
diseases, and help to ensure that patients receive the appropriate
care and treatment for their condition.

Speech by Mr. Sudip Gupta (ED Asset Manager, ONGC Mehsana Asset)
 Speech by Dr. Amar Vyas (Chairman- IRCS Mehsana Taluka Branch)

Objective: -
i) Ensure the availability of a minimum set of diagnostics
appropriate to the level of care
ii) Reduce high out of pocket expenditure incurred by patients
for diagnostics
iii) Enable initiation and continuation of appropriate treatment
based on accurate diagnosis.
iv) Use of appropriate diagnostics to screen patients for a set of
chronic conditions so as to enable secondary prevention
measures.
v) Improve overall quality of healthcare and patients
experience as a result of availability of comprehensive
healthcare in public health facilities.

Instruments sponsored by CSR ONGC Mehsana Asset: -

Microscope Bio Chemistry
Cell Counter Refrigerator

Centrifuge Printer
 A/C

Chair & Table

Chairs Computer

Activities: -
1. Diagnostics are an integral part of the health care system and
provide information needed by service providers to make
informed decisions about care provision related to prevention,
screening, detection, treatment and management. Limited
availability and access to quality laboratory services are among
the major challenges contributing to delayed or inappropriate
responses to disease control and patient management. This
also results in continued reliance on empirical patient care or
irrational diagnostic prescription, practices that waste scarce
resources.

2. Out of pocket expenditures on diagnostic tests are high and

rising, sometimes even overtaking the costs of medicines. The
poor who access public health care facilities have access to
limited set of diagnostic services. Other challenges in provision
of a set of diagnostics at each facility level include availability of
skilled personnel, reagents, consumables and kits.

3. The ready availability of affordable diagnostic tools enables

accurate detection of health risks and disease at an early stage,
thereby improving disease management, and also diminishing
subsequent health problems and associated costs. Diagnostics
therefore play a useful role in influencing the quality of patient
care, and health outcomes. Good quality diagnostic tests that
are fit for purpose and provide accurate results are therefore of
paramount importance in reducing the burden of disease.

4. A package of essential diagnostics, if available at pocket friendly

cost in public health facilities would not only reduce the burden
on the poor and the vulnerable but would also be accessible to
sections of the middle-class sections that face financial stress
on account of expensive health care diagnostics. This would
 also make the health care in public health facilities
comprehensive and thereby attractive to larger segments of
population.

5. Several states have attempted to ensure the availability of

diagnostics in the public health facilities. These range from
improving access to diagnostics within public health facilities
through hiring laboratory technicians and procuring equipment
kits, reagents as part of regular supplies, or by outsourcing the
function of diagnostics, or by establishing linkages with
laboratories in the private sector for providing selected
diagnostic.

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