The Department of Microbiology is well equipped to teach and diagnose most of the infectious diseases prevalent in the society. The department offers diagnostic services to the hospital regard bacteriology, mycobacteriology, Virology, Parasitology, Immunology and Serology. The department also carries out bacteriological analysis of water, theatre sterility checks and hospital environment survillance. The diagnostic laboratory is well equipped with walk in incubator and walk in cooler, Biosafety cabinets and state of the art equipment like Enhanced Chemiluminescence’s immuno Assay for serodiagnosis of HIV, Hepatitis markers and other infectious disease. The diagnostic segment of the department participates regularly in external quality control programmes.