Franchise News India,Franchise In India, Hyderabad, Apollo Diagnostics planning for PAN India, Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd, a subsidiary of Apollo Hospitals Group, has launched a hi-tech lab and patient care centre under its Diagnostics division here and outlined plans for expanding the chain across the country in a phased manner with an investment of Rs. 200 crore.

Equipped with high-end technology and operational round the clock, this centre serves as a referral hub for other diagnostic centres in its fold.

Neeraj Garg, Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Health and Lifestyles, said, “We have 15 Labs and 200 collection centre in South India. It is proposed to set up 200 Labs and 1000 collection centres over the next three years. The idea is to cover all the district headquarters in the country. The expansion will see an investment of about Rs. 150-200 crore.”

Apollo Diagnostic provides diagnostics and a wide spectrum of tests which helps Apollo’s healthcare practitioners with information about the presence, severity and cause of diseases in patients. The focus is on delivering expertise that empowers doctors to make informed decisions, and equips patients with the exact status of their health.

While Apollo Diagnostics has 15 Labs and 80 plus Patient Care Centres in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Mysore, Mangalore, Vijayawada, and Warangal it plans to launch 200 Labs and 1000 Patient Care Centres in the next 5 years in Tier 2 cities like Madurai, Trichy, Hubli, Vizag, Kurnool, Rajahmundry and Nashik.

Commenting on the launch, Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, in a statement said, “Apollo Diagnostics evolution is guided by a ‘patient-centric’ approach. This initiative by Apollo Health and Lifestyle, delivers on its promise to create newer and faster ways to deliver high quality healthcare, through enhanced service delivery models, which will benefit the entire health eco-system. Apollo Diagnostics is also taking the franchise route to actualise its vision of establishing a hi-performance chain of diagnostic centres across the country.”



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