The Department of Laboratory Medicine is headed by Dr. Vijayan. He has been involved in the upgradation of services and facilities of the Department of Laboratory medicine.

Eastcoast Hospital has a state of the art, ultra-modern laboratory, open 24 hours and 365 days a year. Our hospital has a highly sophisticated fully computerized lab with latest hi-tech instruments and back-up in all cases.

Ematology

Sysmex K-4500 & HMX Coulter along with automated ESR

BioChemistry

All routine and special biochemical investigations are done on Hitachi – 902 and Cobas Integra – 400 plus. Apart from Lipid Profile, Kidney Function Test, Liver Function Test etc., We have extended Lipid Profile with Direct HDL & LDL, TIBC Studies, Ammonia, ADA, Lipoprotein (a), Homocysteine, Lactate etc., Serum Electrolytes and Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) are done round the clock on Compact-3, AVL-9180 & Omni-C.

Immunology

All Immuno-Assay are done on Elecsys-1010, Elecsys-2010 & Tecan Elisa Reader. We have wide menu range including Thyroid Profile, Infertility Profile including FSH, LH, Prolactin, Estradiol, Testosterone, DHEAS etc. Tumor Markers like PSA, Beta HCG, AFP, CA-125, CA-19.9, CEA, CA-72.4,CA-15.3 etc. We also have Serum Vitamin B12, Folate, Feritin, Serum IgE, TORCH Profile, Hepatitis Markers. All tests are done on urgent basis if required.

Serolog

Apart from Routine Serology, Quatifieron, CRP, ASO, RA etc are done on Nephelometer.

Microbiology

We have full automated Microbiology Department with Bactex-9050 where growth is detected as early as 6 hours. Mini-API is there for rapid identification and sensitivity studies of cultures.

Histopathology/Cytology

We have in-house Histopathology & Cytology Department with fully automation.

Information Technology

Lab is fully computerised along with Bidirectional Interfacing, Bar-coding eliminating all human errors.

Door Step Services

We collect samples from Home and deliver reports at nominal charges

Administration

To supervise everything we have full time Senior Pathologists & Microbiologist available from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm and at night on emergency basis. Our Technical and Non-Technical Staff is experienced and highly qualified.

Consultants

Dr. Vijayan