Clinical Hematology is branch of clinical medicine which deals with diagnosis and treatment of blood disorders and blood cancers. The department provides tertiary care services for patients with hematological disorders both benign and malignant.

The Department of Clinical Hematology looks after and treats people with blood related disorders. These include blood cancers (Leukemia, Lymphoma, multiple Myeloma), disorders associated with low hemoglobin (various types of anemia), bleeding disorders (hemophilia and others), and other rare diseases.

Hematology is the science or study of blood, blood-forming organs and blood diseases.

In the medical field, hematology includes the treatment of blood disorders and malignancies, including types of hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma and sickle-cell anemia. Hematology is a branch of internal medicine that deals with the physiology, pathology, etiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention of blood-related disorders.

Hematologists focus largely on lymphatic organs and bone marrow and may diagnose blood count irregularities or platelet irregularities. Hematologists treat organs that are fed by blood cells, including the lymph nodes, spleen, thymus and lymphoid tissue.