Mumbai-based diagnostic services provider Metropolis Healthcare today announced that it has agreed to buy Chennai-based Hitech Diagnostic Center for a cash consideration of Rs 511 cr. Hitech promoters will invest in Metropolis as part of the deal. Metropolis did not specify the price at which it would allot the 4.95 lakh shares that it will […]
Dr Lal PathLabs, one of India’s top diagnostic chains, today clarified that the leak of patient data reported in the media involved only 1 in 200 patient records held by the company and did not involve any “material information loss”. “There was a misconfiguration in one of our minor web application where temporary records were […]
Thyrocare, one of India’s leading diagnostic services providers, said its revenue has jumped substantially in the July-September quarter owing to strong demand for COVID-19 testing. A day after competitor Metropolis Healthcare reported a 25% year-on-year jump for the three months, Thyrocare reported a growth of 37% in its revenue. Sequentially, Metropolis’ September quarter revenue nearly […]
Metropolis Healthcare, one of India’s biggest diagnostic services providers, said it has seen a sharp up-tick in its revenue this year, benefiting from increased demand for COVID-19 testing. As of September 2020, said the company, its total revenue is 40% higher than the same month of 2019. Within this, the non-COVID services/revenue has achieved ‘normalcy’ […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has capped the maximum price chargeable by private laboratories for testing for COVID-19 at Rs 1,600 with effect from tomorrow, Sep 11. Earlier, the maximum rate was Rs 2,500. The 900-rupee reduction has been made keeping in mind the higher availability of testing COVID-19 testing kits in the country and with […]
Directors of diagnostic chain Thyrocare today said no to founder and chairman Arokiaswamy Velumani’s offer to buy out its latest venture aimed at democratising access to cancer diagnostic services. At present, cancer screening and diagnostic services are extremely expensive, and Velumani — the son of a landless farmer — has been working for some time […]
