Metropolis Healthcare aligns with Franchise India for expansion

Top Quote Metropolis, India's Most Trusted & Globally Recognized Pathology Specialist has aligned with Franchise India to expand its business network PAN-India. End Quote
  • (1888PressRelease) September 26, 2014 - Moving ahead to expand their operations, Metropolis Healthcare Limited is opening their Associate patient service Centres through franchising. The brand requires investment of Rs. 4 lakhs approximately along with 225 sq. ft. of area to start each Associate patient service Centre. Metropolis management will provide extensive support in Centre set up, equipment, training, training manual, facilitation, marketing, promotions and advertising.

    Metropolis is India's most trusted and only multinational chain of pathology centres with presence in UAE, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius and Ghana. As pathology specialists, Metropolis delivers over 15 million tests a year, catering to more than 10,000 Laboratories, Hospitals, Nursing homes and 2,00,000 Consultants. Committed to quality, speed, accuracy, safety, integrity and courtesy, Metropolis offers services in compliance with ISO 15189:2007, adhering to national and international standards.

    Established in 1981 in Mumbai, 'Metropolis' is promoted by Metropolis Healthcare Limited, a progressive company funded by world's leading private equity firm - Warburg Pincus. Metropolis is a proud recipient of numerous awards & accolades including the 'Best Diagnostic Company of the Year' by Modern Medicare (2006) and by Frost & Sullivan (2010); 'Best IT Integration in Customer Service Management' at e-Health World Expo (2011); 'Quality Brand Award' by NEHRDO (2012); 'CMO Asia Award' for Best IT Practices in Healthcare (2012); and 'India's Most Promising Brand Award' at Global Indian Excellence Summit (2014), London.

    Equipped with cutting-edge technology, innovative work equipment, expansive logistics network and rigorous processes, Metropolis ensures and delivers precision and accuracy in every single test - each time, every time.

    In last one decade, Metropolis has ventured into new service streams like Clinical Trials, Hospital Lab Management, Home Health Services, Preventive Health Check-ups and Corporate & Wellness Solutions.

    The brand has a strong logistics team comprising of over 300 Logistic Associates, who travel more than 15,000 km per day to over 200 routes across regions for sample collection and report delivery. Having extensive reach to around 105 lab locations and 700 collection centres across India, Metropolis also has alliance with renowned logistics players for global shipments.

    Valued at INR 20,000 Cr, the diagnostic services segment accounts for approximately 3.6% of India's total healthcare market. The segment is expected to touch INR 26,000 Cr by the end of 2015 at a CAGR of 28%.

    Ameera Shah, MD & CEO, Metropolis Healthcare Limited, said "In addition to making profits, our focus remains on innovation and consistent improvement of our service standards. Moving ahead with the same spirit, we are expanding our presence through franchising. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with a strong business acumen and interest in replicating the Metropolis business model successfully. To facilitate them, we have devised a franchise development program to provide complete training & support to all our franchisees in registering great growth and higher profits."

    Ms. Sonya Chowdhry, Director, Franchise India Brands Limited said, "We are excited to be facilitating Metrpolis's network expansion. Franchise India's earnest endeavour is to provide firms with all necessary & reliable resources at one place for their business expansion."

    About Franchise India
    Franchise India is Asia's largest integrated franchise solution company since 1999, with an absolute authority on Franchising, Licensing, Retailing, Real estate and Business Brokerage. Franchise India has helped over thousand of brands in their channel expansion plans through franchising, dealership, distributorship and in turn has assisted over hundred thousand investors in advising them with right business fit. The company has worked with several major corporate houses and brands over these years like, Aditya Birla Group Mahindra Group, Reliance, Tata, Videocon, Gitanjali, Levis, JK Tyres, Lakme, Adidas, Euro Kidz, The Apollo Clinic, Chhabra 555, Sarovar Hotels, Next, Apollo tyres, Nokia, Coffee Bean Tea Leaf, Skechers to name a few, through media, advisory and brokerage.

    Franchise India has created its own niche as the pioneers of franchise industry and a small business authority. For more details log on to www.franchiseindia.com & www.franchiseindia.in.

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