The Microbiology Division under the department of Laboratory Medicine provides diagnostic services for clinical management of various infectious and autoimmune diseases. It also serves as an advisory for hospital infection control and management. The laboratory is staffed with experienced and dedicated microbiologists specialized in clinical specimens for culture, isolation & identification of pathogenic organisms & antibiotic sensitivity testing as well as evaluation of serological samples for infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. We use fully automated systems for blood culture, identification and sensitivity testing of bacteria and immunoassays, enabling an efficient work-flow and rapid reporting.