Ameera Shah scaled Metropolis to 120 labs and 2,400 collection centers
Ameera Shah · From One lab to Rs. 9200 Crore Empire : Ameera Shah, MD Metropolis Health Care · Jul 10, 2019 · at 2:40
Ameera Shah, Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare, describes the growth and footprint of the diagnostic chain since she joined.
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“We've gone from having one lab to having today almost a 120 labs and 2400 centers across five countries.”
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