Panaji (Goa): Within 2 years of its Launch in Goa, Suburban Diagnostics, country’s most technologically advanced diagnostic centre has got NABL accreditation which is the first in the state for a standalone pathology Laboratory. Earlier NABL accredited labs included hospitals & CRO’s. Suburban Diagnostics (NABL & CAP accredited) is uniquely placed to become the premier diagnostic centre for doctors and patients. Besides performing high-end tests, Suburban Diagnostics also performs all routine Pathology tests in Goa.
Suburban Diagnostics was established in 1994 and has rapidly emerged as a universal diagnostic service provider. It is headed by Dr Sanjay Arora, alumni of Grant Medical College, Mumbai, with specialization in Cytopathology from Tata Memorial Hospital, John Hopkins and Henry Ford Hospital, USA.
National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) is a constituent board of the Quality Council of India which has laid down quality standards for all processes in Laboratories. Laboratory accreditation is a voluntary process in India and not all players achieve NABL as the norms are extremely stringent and expensive to maintain. NABL is another feather in its cap for Suburban Diagnostics, making it a very dependable and preferred blood testing facility in Goa. The World standard super speciality Lab Located in Aquem Margao boasts of cutting Edge Equipment From Roche Switzerland, Bio-Rad USA, Horiba Technologies Japan, backed by a patented Quality assurance management system is poised to be the best in the Region.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sanjay Arora, MD stated that “Giving Goa its first NABL accredited standalone pathology laboratory was a promise we made at our launch 2 years back. Since inception, we have complied with the world’s highest quality standards at our Goa lab, including NABL. However, the formal accreditation took its due course and was officially approved on 10th August’2017, making us Goa’s first standalone NABL accredited Pathology laboratory with more than 8 audited collection centres.”
Mr Ravindra Desai, COO commented: “We plan on expanding our operations in Goa proactively to accommodate the growing load for specialised pathology tests. We are grateful to the medical fraternity, Hospitals and Laboratories in Goa for bestowing their trust in our Lab and making us their number 1 choice”
Currently, Suburban Diagnostics operates centres across the state in Aquem, Quepem, Navelim, Chinchinim, Fatorda, Betalbatim, Panjim, and Chicalim-Dabolim backed by a world-class logistics cold chain to ensure sample Integrity and on time reports. The company sources state that 3 more advanced centres are in the pipeline and will be operational by end of Q4 FY 17-18.
Suburban Diagnostics has also developed a world-class home visit network around its catchment areas in Goa, where a team of trained technicians are on standby to visit the patient’s home for sample collection, thereby providing a high degree of convenience. The home visit process also conforms to Global standards keeping accuracy and safety as a top priority.
Suburban Diagnostics has partnered with leading hospitals and Laboratories in Goa to process specialized and super specialized samples as required, most reports are delivered on the same day as they are tested in Goa itself. In the past samples like thyroid, LH FSH Prolactin, Beta HCG, Vit D etc needed to be sent to Mumbai because of which reports got delayed and stability was compromised
Most of the Suburban Diagnostics Laboratories nationally, are NABL accredited and the Central Processing Laboratory is CAP (College of American Pathologists) accredited too. The Prime focus of this company is Quality assurance. Besides all routine tests, Suburban Diagnostics Goa performs specialised tests like analysis of Tumor markers, Hormones, Vitamins, Procalcitonin, ELISA, etc.
Suburban Diagnostics has performed over 10 million tests, has over 3 million customers, 80+ Postgraduate medical specialists, 100+ centres, and State-of-the-art Laboratory facilities and is accredited by the world’s best institutions – NABL & CAP.
It is a huge milestone for the Diagnostics sector in the state as Suburban Diagnostics, Goa becomes the first Standalone laboratory to be approved by this prestigious Board of the Quality Council of India. The Goa team also assured the accreditation criteria and processes were completed in a record time frame of barely 6 months.
