FERTILITY expert and television presenter Lord Robert Winston has opened Southampton General Hospital's redeveloped cellular pathology department.
During his visit Lord Winston gave a lunchtime lecture to hospital staff before touring the laboratories and declaring the department open.
The project cost
£4.7m and took two and a half years to complete.
The department specialises in diagnosing disease through the microscopic study of body tissues and fluids and examines 29,000 samples a year.
It employs about 100 staff, including doctors, biomedical scientists, technical and office workers.
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