A new teaching microscope with camera & video attachment in the pathology department has enabled the Pathologist to hold regular clinical meetings. The first visit to the pathology department by senior laboratory scientists from Addenbrooke’s was in 1993, with follow-up visits almost every year since. In 1997, the department was completely re-equipped by MSR. The hospital refurbished the department, altered the circulation and, for the first time, built a chapel for relatives. It is possibly the only mortuary in Romania to have been upgraded in this way. The hospital is now seen as having one of the best equipped pathology departments in Romania which is why the 1998 Romanian National Pathology Meeting was held there. The motivated and skilled pathologist, Dr Liliana Neaga, has twice visited the UK for training, and in 1998 attended a cytology training course in Oxford. In October 2001, a unique, purpose designed, Rotary-funded forensic autopsy ambulance was delivered. This has revolutionised village autopsies, hitherto habitually performed in the homes of the deceased.