As the earliest Western-style hospital in China, the hospital's Pathology Department was established concurrently with the hospital. In 1850, it performed the first autopsy on the Chinese mainland. An independent clinical pathology laboratory was established in 1914. Mirroring the fluctuations of modern Chinese history, the department experienced repeated transformations until the pathology laboratory was rebuilt in 1961, taking on the responsibility of preparing and diagnosing pathological specimens for the hospital. Professor Liang Boqiang, one of the pioneers and founders of pathology in China, once worked here.
As the pathology department of a comprehensive affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, a nationally recognized high-level university, the department has developed over the long term into a high-level clinical pathology discipline with a complete academic system. It plays a crucial supporting role in the hospital's construction as a national high-level medical institution.
