BLOOD VALUE

Managing Director of Suburban Diagnostics Dr SANJAY ARORA unravels the process behind COVID-19 testing

- Dr SANJAY ARORA

With over 150 diagnostic centres extending services in the last 25 years, Suburban Diagnostics is a state-of-the-art diagnostic and pathology lab for blood tests in the country. Its place in the industry is built on high standards and precise testing.

Offering more than 1000 testing facilities equipped with the latest technology and methods, it is also one of the leading testing facilities for COVID-19 in India.

Long extra hours of work, added responsibilities, risk to one’s own life and that of others did not hold back the team of medical personnel at Suburban Diagnostics to help the country fight the pandemic.

It was started in 1994 by managing director Dr Sanjay Arora, MD, a pathologist and alumnus of Grant Medical College, Mumbai, with specialisation in cytopathology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins and Henry Ford Hospital, USA, Suburban. Initially providing basic pathology services, today, it has one of the largest service networks of 140+ centers across Maharashtra including Mumbai and Pune. Suburban has taken its brand value to a whole different level.

VIVA GOA talks to managing director Dr Sanjay Arora about testing for COVID-19, his expansion plans for Goa and much more. Excerpts:

Suburban Diagnostics has been one of the leading players in the diagnostics services for the last 25 years. How do you manage to keep up with the various technological advancements in the industry?