From March 3rd to April 10th, SA Pathology’s opening hours are Monday to Thursday, 9am to 3pm.
Many years back when I was trying to work out why I was always so sore and tired, I had a lot of blood tests done.
In fact, they took so much blood from me that I swear this guy was circling.
A normal part of routine medical care is providing samples (e.g. blood, urine, faeces) for testing. Back in 2018, SA Pathology opened up a small collection centre within Health, Counselling and Disability Services (HCDS) at Bedford Park. They’ve operated here ever since, adjusting their hours based on the demand at different times of the year.
This makes it really easy for students, who have seen one of our doctors, to get a blood test or similar done at the same time and in the same location.
Also, SA Pathology accept the forms from other pathology labs (e.g. Clinpath, Abbot Pathology). So even if you have seen another doctor, outside of the university, who wants you to get a blood test, you can bring that form into SA Pathology here on campus.
Amazeballs!
Why am I telling you all this?
You can’t take advantage of a service, unless you know about it, and I am confident that many students won’t even be aware that SA Pathology is on the Bedford Park Campus.
Hence this blog post.
So next time you need to get a blood test or similar, remember that SA Pathology are in the Student Centre, Level 3, co-located with the Health, Counselling and Disability Service.
