Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Pathology, and Clinical Microbiology are the three pillars of laboratory-based medical diagnostics. All the medical Colleges, which are the benchmark for medical facilities in our country, have separate setups for these three labs. The tests are very objectively segregated into biochemical or pathological tests and M.D. doctors in the respective subjects take care of the respective testings. But when we see in the field, seldom we see a biochemistry lab, rather we always see pathology laboratories.
All the biochemistry tests are done by technicians and signed by a pathologist. In recent times, clinical biochemistry has come a long way and has become a very important branch of diagnostic medicine. Let us be the diagnosis of diabetes or acute coronary syndrome or cancer, biochemical tests have become the cornerstone of diagnostics. Very sophisticated and…
