Thyrocare: Diagnosis, in the comfort of your own home
One of the biggest takeaways from the ongoing pandemic is the prominence of universal healthcare. It’s a critical component of sustainable development and the time for us to take action is now. While we highly commend those who continually keep serving the nation on the frontlines, it’s equally important to build an efficient health system now more than ever.
For a country that spends only 2.36 per cent of its GDP on healthcare, which is significantly lower than even the neighbouring countries, we need to gain access to quality services at an affordable cost. Over the last couple of years, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has demonstrated much progress in achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) despite facing multifaceted challenges. Next to preventive measures, to combat these diseases, a reliable source of diagnosis is vital.
Currently, Bangladesh has more than 13,000 community clinics to provide its citizens’ healthcare services at the grassroots level. The role of pathologists is very important in delivering services to peoples’ doorsteps.
Thyrocare Bangladesh is a renowned pathology lab and diagnostic centre providing quality services at a divisional city level since its establishment in 2014. It has made diagnosis more accessible all the while consistently maintaining a high standard.
Thyrocare prides itself in being Bangladesh’s first automated clinical chemistry laboratory spanning over 20,000 square feet. The laboratory has a capacity of processing up to 20,000 samples a day and operates 24/7. Laboratories, doctors, hospitals and organizations as well as patients countrywide and even outside of it are satisfied with customers of Thyrocare.
Thyrocare Bangladesh Limited achieves an unmatched speed factor through a combination of air and surface express cargo logistics and IT-enabled, barcoded, bi-directional systems that ensure a turnaround time of 4-8 hours for processing of samples that arrives at any time of the day or night. What makes it stand out is that its pricing remains unmatched compared to the quality of technology in use at its laboratory. First of its kind in Bangladesh, the laboratory is fully automated and IT-enabled, which prioritizes speed and precision alike.
The services being provided by Thyrocare are recognized by many international accredited institutions such as ISO: 9001, NABL and CAP (College of American Pathologist). Thus, the test results are accepted by medical institutions outside of the country as well.
Thyrocare is the only diagnostic centre in the country to get CAP accreditation. College of American Pathologists (CAP) is the gold standard Accreditation Program for clinical laboratories around the world. Thyrocare runs in compliance with the CAP Accreditation Program and follows the universal CAP standard protocol which in accordance with the laboratory standards set by US Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), International Standards Organization (ISO 15189) as well as World Health Organization (WHO). Hence this is a major step forward in disease diagnosis and treatment, in terms of providing international standard and accurate test results for Bangladesh.
Thyrocare Bangladesh Limited stands at the top when compared to global diagnostic services. Its long-term goal is to take necessary measures to improve the health and wellness of every citizen of our country and simultaneously be a premier provider of Preventive Healthcare services in Bangladesh.
