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  • PathCare, Synlab promote health care

    PathCare, Synlab promote health care

    Synlab, a leading provider of medical diagnostic services in Europe, has acquired the majority stake in PathCare Nigeria Limited, the largest private pathology laboratory group in Nigeria.

    PathCare is a leader in the field of human laboratory diagnostics, with a special focus on the public-private partnerships. Its strong market position is based on its high quality services, the breadth of its test portfolio and its nationwide network.

    Its Chairman, Dr Richard Ajayi, who talked about the past, present and future of the firm, said PathCare has been in existence for more than a decade. “It came into existence when the health care of the country needed urgent need for its medical needs, the pains in the country was a challenge and it has come to solve problems of many hospitals,” he said.

    As the only internationally (ISO 15189) accredited pathology laboratory in Nigeria, PathCare is constantly innovating and upgrading to provide its customers accurate and reliable results of international standards.

    The transaction with Synlab will allow PathCare Nigeria the ability to offer its Nigeria customers an extended portfolio of specialised tests being sourced from the Synlab network. The company will benefit from the technological advancements and comprehensive cost-effective solutions to enhance the local business with hospitals and other customers.

    PathCare Nigeria operates six laboratories and 21 blood collection points across Nigeria and is engaged in a public private partnership with the leading public hospital in Lagos, a leading city in Africa.

    Synlab’s Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Degott, said: “Nigeria has a population of about 186million, but a large proportion of the population does not yet have access to modern medical diagnostics. PathCare Nigeria’s customers will benefit from an enhanced test portfolio drawing from the breadth and depth  of Synlab’s international expertise.”

    PathCare Managing Director, Dr Pamela Ajayi, said: “We are very pleased to be joining Synlab. There will be huge advantages to having the European Diagnostic Leader in Nigeria, bring the most modern technological advancements in the field within the reach of every Nigeria. PathCare Nigeria will continue to push the boundaries. The launch of this premier facility in Lagos with some of the most sophisticated technology in cytology and microbiology is just the beginning.

    “We also expect this investment to have a positive impact on healthcare development in the country. With our partnership with Synlab the lack of accurate laboratory testing will be put an end to. Since the existence of Pathcare we have had a huge amount of people who use our services and are still asking us to expand our services to other state in the country and we will do that.

    “We need to make our impact felt and that is one of the reason we have come to partnership with Synlab because it is a phenomenon group, a group that can escalate our growth in term of the incredible range of test, the amount of researches done in that organisaton is something that can transform health care in Nigeria by enabling us to leap frog from where we are currently to a new space where Synlab personalised medicine is possible.”

    Pathcare with Synlab, she said, are moving from an era where there are no testing like this to a place where they can test and treat certain conditions very effectively.

  • PathCare Laboratories advocates early diagnosis to prevent kidney disease

    PathCare Laboratories, Nigeria’s only International Standard Organisation (ISO) accredited pathology laboratory, has called on doctors to urgently send patients with symptoms of kidney disease to good laboratories for quality medical investigations. This, according to it, will help to improve their chances of good recovery.

    Executive Director of PathCare Laboratories, Dr Tolulope Adewole, made the call at the Guild of Medical Directors’ conference at the Eye Foundation Hospital, Ikeja.

    In his presentation entitled: “Laboratory support for diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease”, Dr Adewole said unlike most disease conditions, kidney diseases do not show symptoms in the early stages.

    According to him, “the importance of early and accurate diagnosis cannot be over emphasised in any branch of medicine, but renal diseases have a major need for this because symptoms do not show early in kidney diseases, thus making a case for urgent and accurate diagnosis to detect the presence of a kidney disease condition and commence adequate treatment immediately.”

    “Most of the ailments progressions to kidney failure are preventable if caught early. They include diabetes, hypertension, kidney cysts, tuberculosis, and urinary tract infections, especially in children. Other cases are Turner Syndrome, sickle cell anaemia, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), multiple myeloma, metabolic disorders etc.,” Adewole, a consultant chemical pathologist and metabolic physician, said.

    Dr Adewole described chronic kidney disease as progressive kidney damage based on findings of abnormal structure or Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) of less than 60ml/minute/1.73m2 for three months with or without evidence of kidney damage. “It is a global health problem, which affects between 10 and 20 per cent of adult population in most countries,” he said.

    Adewole informed participants at the conference that laboratory plays an important role in the diagnosis, treatment and management of chronic kidney diseases, as pathology has developed various tests that could detect abnormalities that point to renal diseases, using blood, urine and imaging studies. He said some of these diagnoses are very intricate and require quality laboratories and specialist’ attention to achieve accurate and reliable results.

    He said:“GFR decline, for example, precedes kidney failure in all forms of progressive disease and is difficult to be measured directly, but it is measured based on the ability of the kidneys to clear an endogenous or exogenous markers, which are examined (assayed) in the laboratory. This is why doctors are advised to refer their patients to quality laboratories only.”

    He further informed participants of the need for early detection of renal disease prompted by PathCare Laboratories to partner various non governmental organisaions (NGOs), pharmaceutical companies, research organisations, foundations and corporate organisations to provide quality medical investigations into kidney diseases. “We developed the Know Your Number card that contains a checklist of the indicators used in monitoring and managing kidney diseases. These cards could be accessed free of charge from any of the PathCare Laboratories office or www.pathcarenigeria.com. PathCare Laboratories offers the widest range of tests with over five thousand tests, ranging from the routine to the specialised. We are the first in West Africa and currently the only laboratory in Nigeria to achieve ISO15189 accreditation,” Dr Adewole said.

    The conference had in attendance chief executive officers of hospitals and medical facilities in Lagos and neighbouring states.

  • CLASSIC FM PARTNERS PATHCARE LABORATORIES ON MEDICAL MISSION

    MEGALECTRICS Limited, operators of Classic FM97.3, Beat FM 99.9 and Naija FM102.7; has partnered with Pathcare Laboratories Limited for the fifth edition of its annual Doctors on Air Medical Mission.

    Held on Saturday, August 6, this year’s edition of the mission took place at Alimosho Local Government office.

    Chukwuma “Chico” Aligwekwe, the Programmes Director of Classic FM 97.3, hinted that the medical mission may be extended to other parts of the state and the country at large in the nearest future.

    The yearly event which provides free public health care for local residents saw the health screening of no less than 1,500 residents. The residents of the Local Government also received medical counselling and advice from a team of volunteer doctors available for the exercise.

    In her remarks, Dr. Pamela Ajayi, founder of Pathcare Laboratories, also seized the opportunity to call on public and private sector companies to emulate the noble initiative, putting into consideration the deteriorating condition of the healthcare sector in the country and inability of many to access medical care and checkups.

    The Public Health service also featured lectures by professionals who harped on healthy living as well as the importance of regular health checks.

    The Doctors On Air Free Medical Mission is an annual CSR put together by Pathcare Laboratories, in partnership with; Classic FM and Naija FM, Lagos state Blood donation service, Bridge Clinic, Mopheth Pharmacy, The Eye doctors, Medplus, Healthplus, Fidson Healthcare, Megacare limited, Skye Dental, Chike Okoli Foundation, Access Bank, Leadway Assurance, CDMA LUTH and others.

    Residents also accessed free eye test, HIV screening, cancer screening, Hepatitis screening and free drug dispensation.

  • Pathcare bags award as it turns 10

    Pathcare bags award as it turns 10

    PathCare Laboratories, an indigenous laboratory operating with international standards, has got ‘The Best Enterprise Achievement’ at ‘The Europe Business Assembly (EBA),  in Oxford, United Kingdom.

    This is coming as the company marks 10th anniversry.

    EBA’s the Director-General, John Netting said the ‘Best Enterprise Award’ was established to present the best regional companies to the European society.

    He added that the award selection was based on recommendations of the EBA partners, which includes the European Market Research Centre (Belgium), Baden-Vurtennberg Academy (Germany), the Institute of Quality Standards (Switzerland) and the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Moscow Russia) . The process also included data collection from national and international ratings and is supported by Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce.

    Ms. Bose Oladehin, who received the award on behalf of PathCare said: “We are elated at this recognition, which could not have come at a better time than now because it coincides with PathCare’s 10th  anniversary. We are honoured to work in Nigeria and being recognised on a global stage. We are challenged at this time to increase our level of commitment to the healthcare system in Nigeria. We want to thank all who nominated us and show our sincere gratitude to the Europe Business Assembly for honoring PathCare Laboratories with this prestigious award.”

    PathCare Laboratory has the distinction of being the first laboratory in West Africa to attain International Accreditation (ISO 15189). Well known for delivery of accurate and reliable services, PathCare currently offers the widest range of pathology tests, many of which were previously not available in the country.