Medlab opens new offices

MEDLAB Ghana Limited, a leading medical laboratory in Ghana, has opened its new headquarters to offer a wide range of services which previously had to be sent outside the country.
The laboratory can now easily handle about 10,000 patients per month and offer services which include pathology diagnostic services like micro-biology, chemistry, serology, haematology, and DNA testing.
The General Manager of the company, Mr Johan Bekker, who made this known at the official opening of the company's new headquarters, Medlab and Medical Imaging Ghana in Accra yesterday, said the accreditation was awarded to it by the South African National Accreditation System (SANA), after a thorough and rigorous inspection by a team of inspectors.
The accreditation, awarded by the internationally recognised regulatory body, expects Medlab Ghana Limited to uphold the strictest possible standards in its care and handling of patients.
Mr Bekker said to achieve the accreditation, their entire staff had to complete their training in international laboratory procedures, adding that Medlab received its accreditation last year and had now had it confirmed after its first annual inspection.
"Our main objective is to ensure that all tests are performed here in Ghana rather than being sent overseas, thus reducing the cost and the delay to the patient", he emphasised, noting that they served patients all the over the country, in their branches in Tema, Kumasi, Takoradi and various parts of Accra.
He urged doctors to take advantage of their services and refer specimens to them straight from the operating theatre so that they could provide rapid advice.
The former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Reverend David Asante Dartey, who dedicated the building to God, commended the management and staff of Medlab for their effort towards achieving the international accreditation.
He prayed that the laboratory would offer its much needed services to patients in adherence to international standards and regulations.