Thiru Ma. Subramanian, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu, inaugurated the Fetal Medicine Unit and Wellness Centre of Medilabs, a 4,000 sq. ft. facility in Velachery equipped with systems to deliver maternal, fetal, and preventive healthcare services.
The launch took place in the presence of Nitish Giria, Director of Girias Home Appliances, along with Dr Prakash and Dillibabu, both directors of Medilabs. The new facility marks Medilabs’ entry into fetal medicine and holistic wellness services, extending the capabilities of the diagnostic chain known for testing and lab management services across North Chennai.
The Fetal Medicine facility will offer testing, screening, and scanning services for expectant mothers and newborns. It is equipped with ultrasound machines for fetal scanning and AutoDELFIA systems for blood tests to detect potential congenital abnormalities in the fetus. The centre also includes the Victor 2D platform, enabling early screening.
The Wellness Centre will offer testing services for the public and corporate employees, including genetic testing for cancer risk, chronic diseases, and gene mapping, providing preventive, predictive, and personalised health insights.
Talking about the new facilities, Dr Prakash and Dillibabu said, “Our vision is ‘Caring for Life at Every Stage’. We focus on making high-end diagnostic services accessible to the public, particularly in areas such as cancer and chronic lifestyle diseases, gene mapping, genetic testing, and fetal medicine – segments that require precision, specialised expertise, and world-class technology. With the establishment of the Fetal Medicine Unit and the Wellness Centre, we move one step closer to that vision. These new facilities will provide expert fetal medicine and wellness services, leveraging state-of-the-art diagnostic technology, advanced imaging, genetic counselling, wellness support, and comprehensive clinical guidance.”
Medilabs’ core strength lies in its expertise in managing hospital laboratories, through which it partners with nearly 30 hospitals, ensuring standards of accuracy, efficiency, and reliability. The organisation has built a diagnostic network spanning 35 locations across North Tamil Nadu. It plans to expand its network to 100 centres across Tamil Nadu over the next five years.