Pathology means the study of disease and its causes and progression. Pathology tests cover blood tests, and tests on urine, stools (faeces) and bodily tissues.

A pathologist interprets the results of blood and pathology tests and looks for abnormalities that may point to disease, such as cancer and other chronic illnesses, or health risks, such as pre-diabetes.

There are specialisations in pathology:

• chemical pathology – looks at the chemicals in blood and other bodily fluids
• haematology – explores blood disorders
• anatomical pathology – looks at disease in human tissue – for the most part this is body tissue surgically removed from living patients. Cytopathology (the study of disease at a cellular level) is a subspecialty of anatomical pathology
• medical microbiology – investigates infection caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites
• immunopathology – looks at immune responses to disease
• genetic pathology – looks at genetic diseases
• general pathology – concerned with all aspects of laboratory investigation of disease
• clinical pathology – the diagnosis of disease using laboratory testing.

IRS has all the facilities and is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment backed by high calibre diagnosticians: Radiologists, Biochemists, Pathologists, Microbiologists as well as skilled technicians.

Time required for report delivery may vary according to tests and delivery time is informed after the test. Hard copy of the report can be obtained from reception.