Apollo Hospitals launches modern diagnostics lab

APOLLO DIAGNOSTICS has seven major hubs at Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Lucknow.

Apollo Hospitals Group launched the Apollo Diagnostics Global Reference Lab here on Friday, the day Apollo Hospitals Jubilee Hills was celebrating its 33rd anniversary.

The laboratory is supported by Apollo Hospitals Group and will provide state-of-the-art diagnostics which can process 50,000 samples a day.

Apollo Hospitals said the laboratory has the most modern molecular biology with RT-PCR, CB NAAT and GenXpert testing. Biochemistry, immunology and hematology services will available for patients, it said. Routine testing will be carried out along with maternal and newborn screening tests, it said.

Apollo Diagnostics has seven major hubs at Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Lucknow. These major hubs are connected to 143 laboratories across the country and there are 370 clinics with laboratories, it said. This completes the hub-andspoke model which allows for over 1,000 sample collection centres and immediate high-quality reports, Apollo Hospitals said.

Dr Sangita Reddy, joint managing director Apollo Hospitals Group, said, “The infrastructure available has capacity to process over 50,000 samples per day and can be scaled upto 1.5 lakh per day according to the requirement and needs of patients.”

“The Global Reference Lab will receive samples from abroad as well. We already have a tie-up with Bahrain. We are to receive samples from other parts of Southeast Asia. We will be launching the latest genetic laboratory very soon at this facility,” Dr Sangita Reddy said.

The laboratory will offer 3,000 tests from different specialities where liver, kidney, heart and immune functioning can be tested. The diagnostic facilities and its quality management will be reviewed from time to time to keep it up to global standards.