Peshawar Institute of Cardiology (PIC) has claimed yet another international recognition as the American College of Pathologists has declared the test reports of the PIC pathology laboratory of international standard.
According to the spokesperson of the hospital, PIC is the first government hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to participate in the proficiency quality testing of the American College of Pathologists, adding that the American College sent more than 250 blood and other test samples to the PIC lab to ascertain the proficiency of the lab. The spokesperson said that the test reports of the PIC lab were declared 100 percent correct and according to international standards.
The lab tests included samples from hematology, chemical pathology, microbiology, the blood bank, and patients’ bedside machines. She said that the samples from the American College had tests for the diagnosis of kidney, liver, hepatitis, cholesterol, sugar, and various blood diseases. The lab also diagnosed multiple medicines used to identify numerous germs and treat diseases, which were correct. The approval of the PIC lab report by the American College of Pathologists was an outstanding achievement, said the hospital director, Dr. Nimat Shah, adding that it was PIC’s mission to provide international treatment and facilities standards.
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