Healthians to expand in South India, invests Rs 50 crore

Bengaluru: Healthians, an Indian diagnostics company has recently announced a major expansion in South India. The firm will invest an amount of Rs 50 crore for the same. The company plans to expand in southern cities including Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai.

The expansion will be made within the next three years.

The company has launched its operations in Bengaluru along with the opening of a fully automated and managed Pathology lab. It further plans to bring at least 12 labs under its management within the next 18-24 months to support the operations.

"We have witnessed substantial growth in the past year in north India, and have perfected our model in multiple cities before heading for pan-India expansion. Based on our market survey and customer demand, South India is our first move for a mega expansion planned in 2019," Deepak Sahni, Founder and CEO of Healthians told Punjab News Express.

"Unlike traditional businesses, we don't want to dominate just one single market and clearly see the demand from all parts of India," he added.

Healthians has been instrumental in establishing the trend of doorstep diagnostics in north India and is trusted by over 600,000 households. For the first time, the residents of Bengaluru will get free Blood Pressure and Blood Sugar check for family members at home when they book a test with the company. The existing services of the company enable the residents to get free home sample collection and free doctor and diet consultation.

This Delhi based diagnostics company has operations in 21 cities including Delhi NCR, Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Dehradun Jaipur, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Sonipat, Meerut, Panipat, Ambala, Karnal, Mohali and Panchkula.

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