Pathologists will celebrate their professional holiday on January, 19. The founder of pathological services in Nizhnekamsk hospital, doctor of higher category Anatoly Spiridonov has worked in his profession for 45 years; he is the head of morbid anatomy department of NCRMH. Today, the department employs two pathologists, 6 medical laboratory technicians and 1 nurse. There are many dark legends about the pathologist's profession, but today it is not only a doctor who performs autopsies, but his main and most important part of his work is life-long diagnostics of diseases. This is a great help for doctors in establishing the correct diagnosis and choosing a competent treatment strategy for the patient.