Coastal Family Health has a 4Cyte Pathology service right here in our clinic. 4Cyte is open from 7.30am to 5pm on Monday to Friday. We are very lucky to have the wonderful Merilyn who has worked in correlation with Coastal Family Health for 12 years. Merilyn is one of the Sunshine Coast’s favourite Phlebotomist’s with parents bringing their children from all over the Coast for her expertise of 20 years in the industry. She has worked alongside Coastal Family Health in paediatric blood taking as well as blood pressure and Holter Monitors.

What is Pathology?

Pathology is the medical specialty concerned with the study of the nature and causes of diseases. It underpins every aspect of medicine, from diagnostic testing and monitoring of chronic diseases to cutting-edge genetic technologies. Pathology testing of patient samples is integral to the diagnosis of every cancer and is central to over 70% of all decisions made in health care.

Pathologists are specialist medical practitioners who study the cause of disease and the ways in which diseases affect our bodies by examining changes in tissue, blood and other body fluids. The doctors you see in a surgery depend on the knowledge, diagnostic skills and advice of pathologists. Pathologists, scientists, blood collectors and support staff work as part of a medical laboratory team. They work together to collect your specimen, transport it to the medical laboratory, perform testing and interpretation, and report back the medical findings and test results to your doctor to assist with your medical care.