The school of Medical Laboratory Assistant/Technicians is one of the academic institutions in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Complex, Ihiala owned by the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi. The hospital was founded in 1913 by early missionaries and pathology department before 1981 had no full time Medical Laboratory Scientist to man the laboratory and so it was only covered skeletally by an NYSC corp member until 1981 when the management received a full time Rev. sister and Medical Laboratory Scientist in the person of Sr. Mary Victor Ndukwu to manage the department.