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

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

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

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

14.  UK  South Africa

16. UK SA

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