AIIMS Patna: Controversy on lab report signature
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Patna: The issue of who can sign lab reports has once again cropped up after All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna faced questions regarding the credentials of professor whose signature was present on a certain laboratory report form the institute.
The issue cropped up upon the signature on karyotype reports. HT reports that the whole controversy happened after a lab report highlighted that was dated on 24th November holds a signature of Dr Ajit Kumar Saxena, which reads his designation as "professor and head, department of pathology and laboratory medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna.
Dr Saxena holds a postgraduate degree in zoology, and Ph.D in anatomy, with 'genetics' as his topic, as confirmed by the director AIIMS-Patna, Dr Prabhat Kumar Singh.
However, the report being presented in the media once again raised questions about the credentials of persons who can sign laboratory reports.
The issue cropped up upon the signature on karyotype reports. HT reports that the whole controversy happened after a lab report highlighted that was dated on 24th November holds a signature of Dr Ajit Kumar Saxena, which reads his designation as "professor and head, department of pathology and laboratory medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna.
Dr Saxena holds a postgraduate degree in zoology, and Ph.D in anatomy, with 'genetics' as his topic, as confirmed by the director AIIMS-Patna, Dr Prabhat Kumar Singh.
However, the report being presented in the media once again raised questions about the credentials of persons who can sign laboratory reports.
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