For improved patient care, city docs form lab med group
While biochemistry, pathology, microbiology and transfusion medicine come under laboratory medicine, an umbrella body was the need of the hour as these specialists need collaboration for better patient care.
The newly launched umbrella organisation includes doctors Tamal Kanti Ghosh, Pradip Mitra, Sankar Sengupta, Susutra Sen, SM Nadeem, Debasish Bhattacharya and Ashvini Sengupta among others, to outline ALM's academic and research work.
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During the launch, doctors said the Covid pandemic taught them the importance of working cohesively and the need to share knowledge for better patient services. They also mentioned that during a public health crisis, an umbrella body of laboratory medicine can help bring up specific guidelines.
ALM will also work towards setting up reference standards specific to the population here, as most of these at present are international standards.
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