HLL opens its first HINDLABS MRI Scan Centre in Odisha at Burla
2016-07-28 16:15:00
Burla (Odisha), July 28: Going ahead with its expansion plan across the country, Central Public Sector, HLL Lifecare Ltd (HLL) opens HINDLABS MRI Scan Centre, which provides imaging services at hugely discounted rates for the benefit of poor and needy patients, in Odisha on Friday (July 29).
The HINDLABS centre, the first in Odisha and the 12th across the country, will be inagurated by Dr. Raseswari Panigrahi, Hon. MLA of Sambalpur at VSS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research at Burla on July 29, 2016 in the presence of dignitaries.
HLL, a ‘Mini Ratna’ Public Sector Enterprise of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be opening more outlets across Odisha in association with the State govermment, to save the poor and needy patients in the interior districts from the fleecing private operators.
HINDLABS ,the healthcare service brand of HLL, is rapidly increasing its presence all over India by offering high quality imaging services and diagnostic facilities at affordable rates.
“The MRI centre at Burla will cater to the health needs of people in western Odisha and parts of southern Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand,” said Mr R P Khandelwal, CMD of HLL. “Equipped with a state-of-the-art 1.5 Tesla MRI scan facility, it will bring the advanced diagnostic services to the people at rates vastly lower than private facilities.
Besides the patients, it will be highly beneficial to the medical students for academic and training purposes.
Mr Khandelwal thanked Odisha Health Minister Shri Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak for his leadership and proactive efforts for the successful completion of the MRI project at Burla.
The Healthcare Services Division of HLL has launched HINDLABS as a market intervention initiative to bring down the costs in the unorganised diagnostic facility sector. HINDLABS uses state-of-the-art technology to provide comprehensive and advanced imaging services, which comply with National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) standards.