
The slides are unclear… Patient information is unavailable… We don’t have the right equipment or expertise to make a definitive diagnosis… All too often, diagnostic pathology is fraught with challenges. How much more challenging must it be to try to provide these services with limited resources? Pathologists in such areas face all the same difficulties as their western colleagues – and more – but their commitment to providing excellent patient care is no less absolute. So what creative methods have these determined doctors devised to overcome their unique obstacles? And what advice do they have for others facing the same challenges?