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Govt of Tripura signs MoU with Dr Lal PathLabs for services in diagnostic sector
EHM News Bureau - Mumbai
World-class diagnostic services with optimal turn around time will now be available
for the people of Tripura as government of Tripura entered into a partnership
in the field of diagnostics with Dr Lal PathLabs (LPL) headquartered at Delhi.
According to the MoU, LPL will provide complete pathology diagnostic services
to supplement healthcare services provided by the Government.
This is for the first time that any state government in India has entered into
an agreement with a private pathology operator to provide high-class diagnostic
services for its people. The cost of setting up the first fully automated diagnostic
laboratory at Dr PB Das Memorial Diagnostic Centre is approximately one crore
and was dedicated to the people of Tripura by chief minister of Tripura, Manik
Sarkar. Also present on the occasion were Tapan Chakraborti, minister for health
& family welfare, government of Tripura, RK Mathur, chief secretary, SK
Roy, commissioner, H&FW and Dr Arvind Lal, chairman and managing director
(CMD), Dr Lal PathLabs Pvt Ltd.
The lab will function as a centralised diagnostic center for pathology services.
The resources and infrastructure will be provided by LPL. The collection centers
will send its samples to the main lab and test results of these samples will
be printed directly in the collection centers.To extend the reach to smaller
towns and rural areas, LPL will also be setting up sample collection all over
the state of Tripura. Accreditation from prestigious institutes like National
Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Lab (NABL) and ISO 9001:2000
would be obtained for the Tripura laboratory in due course of time.
The laboratory will now become a part of the National Pathology Grid, a pioneering
concept of LPL. This Grid connects the entire country into a network of most
sophisticated laboratory systems with the help of the state-of-the-art software
and satellite communications, resulting in a “hands-free” environment
for generating error free results.
Diagnosis of blood cancer, infertility, hormonal imbalances, diabetes, coronary
artery disease, different types of anaemias and many others tests will be available.
Dr S R Deb Barma, director of health services, Tripura, said,
“We welcomed the efforts of Dr Arvind Lal and hoped the people of the State
would derive benefit from this venture”. Said Dr Arvind Lal, “We hope
that other state governments would follow suit and emulate the Tripura Government
in giving impeccable support in other PPP ventures.”
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