1. Genevieve Warner Learmonth
Dept of Anatomical Pathology
Groote Schuur Hospital and
University of Cape Town, South Africa

4. UK SOUTH AFRICA
 Laboratories :
 Under the ground
 Catacombs
 Post mortems in old chapel
 Tiny rooms on residential floors
 Elizabeth Barratt Browning’s
bedroom
 Six microscopes in a small room,
two phones.
 Toilet /sluice room
 Windowless rooms
 On - call bedroom
 Vibrating rooms
 1977:Large old fashioned purpose
built.
 Heavy wooden floors/doors/desks
 Big offices
 Very big trainee rooms
 Large state of the art laboratories.
 Very good post mortem facilities in
separate building
 Forensic path in Police morturary.
Good academic Forensic department.
 2010: New state of the art laboratories.
 Fine needle Aspiration Clinic.
 New Forensic and autopsy facilities

6. IRELAND AND UK SOUTH AFRICA
Richmond Hospital & RCSI
Guys Hospital London
National Heart Hospital
Hammersmith Hospital
Bristol Royal Infirmary
St Mary’s Paddington
Birmingham Women’s Hospital
UCLH
Prince Charles Glamorgan
Royal Free Hosptal
 Groote Schuur Hospital
 and
 University of Cape Town
 affiliated
 Red Cross Childrens
Hospital
 State Mortuary and State
Forensic

8. SA
 Head and neck
 Lung neoplasia
 Cardiac
 Breast
 Liver
 GIT
 GUT
 Gynae
 Bone & Soft
Tissue
 Lymphoma +++++ ++
 TB ++++++ -
 HIV/AIDS ++++++++ +
 ++++ + +
 HCC, parasites ++++++ +
 Cancer +++++++ gastritis
 Papilloma, cancer +++++ ++
 Ca, uterus cervix +++++++ ++
 Mets, primary +++++ +
UK

14.  UK  South Africa

16. UK SA

17. UK SA
 Staggered day start
 Few meetings
 Minimal contact with
colleagues
 Early morning start
 Early morning meetings
 Heavy workload
 Enthusiasm
 Good interaction
 Tolerance
 Humour