Awaiting final details. The project story is confirmed. Only the item highlighted in yellow — the owner’s quote — is still to come from the centre owner.
Overview
A referral diagnostics centre set up for a molecular scientist based in the United States — planned, built and staffed while she was still abroad, and opened the fortnight she landed.
- Centre type
- Referral Diagnostics Centre
- Location
- Vannur Taluk, Tamil Nadu
- Year completed
- 2024
- Time to go-live
- 6 months
- Return on investment
- Reported at 12 months
- Model
- B2B referral, with space planned for expansion
- Our scope
Walk Through the Centre
Inside iLABZ once it was equipped and running.
What the Owner Wanted
A molecular scientist working in the United States had a long-held vision of opening a referral diagnostics centre back home in India.
We gave the consultation, settled on a B2B referral model with enough floor space to expand into later, and she signed up for the project the following week.
Built Across Two Time Zones
She remained in the US for the entire build. She flew to India only to open the centre and then to run it. Everything else — interiors, equipment, recruitment, installation — was handled by our team on the ground.
Review meetings and consultations were held at 5 or 6 in the morning, our time, so they fell inside her working day in the US.
What We Did
- Feasibility & interiorsRan an in-depth feasibility study and finalised the interior drawings.
- EquipmentArranged online demonstrations of the machines and worked through which would stand up best against the other centres in the locality, then finalised the list.
- Branding & marketingDiscussed and finalised the logo, the branding and the marketing approach.
- Recruitment & installationRecruited the staff, installed the machines and ran the training on site at iLABZ.
- CommercialsDesigned and finalised the rate cards and the test packages.
- LaunchInaugural offers and marketing went out before the setup was even finished. Total setup time: six months.
From Resignation to Opening
- Handed in her notice in October
- Arrived in India in the first week of December
- Opened the centre in the second week
After the Opening
- Signed up with BTC for ongoing technical assistance
- Monthly business overview with our team
- Return on investment reported at 12 months
The owner’s words about working with Blood Test Consultancy will appear here once she has approved a quote.
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