Aarthi Scans & Labs

India's largest and most affordable diagnostics provider.

[Sanjay Vijayakumar @sanjaysvk]

When Er. V Govindarajan and Dr R Gomathi started a small 20-bed hospital in Kovilpatti in 1985, advanced diagnostic services were still concentrated in bigger cities. Patients from southern Tamil Nadu often had to travel as far as Chennai or Coimbatore just for CT scans. Bringing advanced diagnostics directly to patients while keeping them affordable was the vision that both Govindarajan and Gomathi decided to fill. Four decades later, that single idea has matured into Aarthi Scans and Labs, a diagnostics chain that operates more than 100 centres across India. https://t.co/LlROlCBp1B

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

@FaizalK11111 Can you pls send your SID number sir ? (in SMS / Bill)

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

We would prefer you chose us !
- Tamilnadu's only total lab automation unit (yup, since 2018 we have the only lab track system in Chennai, no one else has invested in the infra to fully automate lab testing)
- NABL accredited
- Home collection across all regions of Chennai (We have Chennai's largest home collection team)
- Daily twice QC is done (smaller labs do once because of lower load)
- Report turn around time in 6 hours
- Of course - all tests at less than 40% of market price 🙂

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

Dear sir / mam, I wish to assure you that our quality protocols for Radiology reports are the best across India, and followed by many other firms as well.

All our CT and MRI cases (which have findings) are verified by two radiologists before released to the patients. If in case the referring Dr has clarification on our report or wants to talk to the Radiologist who reported the scan - we have a 24/7 helpline number for them to access our Radiologists.

Radiologists are usually a doctor's doctor. when a doctor has a doubt, he sends for a radiology scan. If the referring Dr has written their clinical query in the prescription, it will always be answered in the report. If a Dr has post-report query, they are entertained to call us and we give addendum to the report with additional findings requested by the Dr.

Above are the NABL and NABH guidelines as well.

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

@IndirajithVJ We do not have a branch in or near Coimbatore sir.

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

@eeranimesh Dear sir/ mam. Kindly DM us your number or send us your bill number. We will provide quick resolution

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

Yes, 3T is obviously better at most imaging (it has its pitfalls also in imaging longer body parts, abdomen etc)

But we found out that the cost of 3 Tesla MRI (2.5 times more than 1.5 T) and running costs doesnt justify the added value. 1.5 Tesla is still the standard and comprises >95% of MRI scanners in India

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

@Drkaajukatli I understand Dr. Just wanted to give inputs from our side.

Avg cost of LS spine in Delhi - 2750Rs. (the prices vary by cities- 2500-3500)

We give a link to the DICOM image set with a zero foot print viewer which can be directly opened in the laptop.

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

@BandaruShekhar @saadhisaakadai All of them are on roll. 70% full timers. 30% part timers.

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

@hanetans @saadhisaakadai The study was commenced after ethical committee approval. All patients had detailed informed consent obtained. The studies got published in MDPI, Mayo clinic's Digital Health journals.

Links:
1) https://t.co/iaFEN910UG
2) https://t.co/rZdWVSUk61

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

@mistersushi_mic @wintrackinc @saadhisaakadai Thank you sir. We have 14 outlets in Namma Bengaluru. :)

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

Clarification- The company management has 3 radiologists as directors. We have a team of 230+ in-house radiologists who work with us.

We have employed 8 Radiology AI tools for the last 4 years now. We can tell confidently AI cannot give a complete correct report still. Radiologists need AI as a copilot to do the manual work. Not as a replacement

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

@hanetans @saadhisaakadai AI as SaaS. Most are ready made solutions. Some codeveloped with us.

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

@BandaruShekhar @saadhisaakadai The company management has 3 radiologists as directors. We have a team of 230+ in-house radiologists who work with us. Each branch will have 1-3 radiologists

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

Less pricing does not mean quality compromise Dr.

A few clarifications from our side:
- Our MRI and CT scan prices are 40-50% lower. Blood Tests prices are 50% lower for basic tests and 20-30% lower for advanced tests.
- We use only new 1.5 Tesla MRI machines imported from Siemens (Germany) directly. No refurbs or third party vendors. We experimented with a 3 Tesla machine also - found that the benefits don't justify the cost of the machine. 99% of use cases are solved by 1.5T itself.
- Yes, We don't pay commissions. This brings our price lower. - Since we charge lower prices
- Many ppl wrongly assume we compromise on machines or reporting. We don't. We have proved our quality again and again everyday. All our CT & MRI scans are double checked by 2 Radiologists. All our Xrays go through AI + Radiologists so as not to miss any findings.
- All our 10 Labs are NABL accredited. We have 11 NABH accreditions also for our imaging division, planning to become the first national chain to be fully NABL and NABH accredited in the next 2 years.

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

This became a very interesting conversation reg MRI prices and why we charge lesser.. 🙏
For those who have raised questions reg our quality..

A few clarifications from our side:
- Our MRI and CT scan prices are 40-50% lower. Blood Tests prices are 50% lower for basic tests and 20-30% lower for advanced tests.
- We use only new 1.5 Tesla MRI machines imported from Siemens (Germany) directly. No refurbs or third party vendors. We experimented with a 3 Tesla machine also - found that the benefits don't justify the cost of the machine. 99% of use cases are solved by 1.5T itself.
- Yes, We don't pay commissions. This brings our price lower.
- Since we charge lower prices - Many ppl wrongly assume we compromise on machines or reporting. We don't. We have proved our quality again and again everyday. All our CT & MRI scans with findings are double checked by 2 Radiologists. All our Xrays go through AI + Radiologists so as not to miss any findings.
- All our 10 Labs are NABL accredited. We have 11 NABH accreditations also for our imaging division, planning to become the first national chain to be fully NABL and NABH accredited in the next 2 years.

[Prashanth Rangaswamy @itisprashanth]

Whoever running Arthi scans - may your business thrive !

Cousin had a health issue , MRI in a private hospital - quote was 22,000 rupees .

Same at Arthi scans - 4000 rupees !

Best business with a big heart ! ❤️

[Aarthi Scans & Labs @AarthiScans]

@unfinishedasta @itisprashanth We are already there in Bangalore. 14 branches.