Histopathology and medical laboratory scientific officers

EDITOR,—Arguing about whether pathologists or technicians should dissect gross specimens and select histopathological blocks overlooks a more fundamental requirement.^{1 2} Qualifications apart, it is important that the same person handles both the gross and the microscopic examination of each specimen; the two steps ought never to be dissociated. To separate them not only damages the quality of the reporting but, if done regularly, retards the educational development of the pathologist.

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