Doctor discovery platform Practo has now added diagnostic centers to its platform, which will allow users to search for medical test centers near them. Users will be provided accreditation information to determine the quality of the lab, check if home pickup facility is available, prices for different tests conducted by the lab, and photographs of the lab facility. They'll also be able to check which labs offer a digital report. The company said that in two to three month's time users will be able to get their reports in the Practo app automatically instead of having to collect it from the center or get it via email. Currently, this service is live in 8 cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Nashik and Trivandrum. Practo will expand this service to 35 cities in India and Practo’s international markets, Singapore and the Philippines over the next few months. At present, about 4,000 labs across these 8 cities are listed on the platform, including well-known diagnostic centers such as Thyrocare, Suburban Diagnostics, SRL Labs, and Metropolis among others. Competition - DocSuggest, which had rebranded and tweaked its business model to become an online wellness services booking platform called Ziffi in September last year, also allows users to book appointments at diagnostic centers. The service is currently available in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Users can search for test labs based on name of the center, type of test, and location of the center. Clicking on a particular center, users are provided with a list of services they offer…
