Lab Medicine Centre at Evercare Hospital Chattogram

Lab Medicine Department of Evercare Hospital Chattogram has become the leading diagnostic laboratory in Bangladesh by virtue of its uniqueness in offering diverse tests, reliability and prompt turnaround time. We provide state-of-the-art reliable diagnostic services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for patients, general practitioners, and other hospitals in the country.   The department is also a regional and national referral centre for specialized tests. Lab Medicine Department, in saving countless lives, is running no way behind the clinical departments. A medical diagnostic laboratory is more than the backbone of a treating physician; it is the very soul of diagnosis.   As far as accuracy and reliability goes, there is a huge difference between the Lab Medicine Department of Evercare Hospital Chattogram and other diagnostic facilities in the country. Consultancy in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Clinical Pathology in other labs of the country are mostly done by non-medical personnel, but at Evercare, it is done by qualified post-graduate medical personnel who have vast knowledge and experienced in the variation, pit-falls and loop-holes of lab reports and need not manipulate the reports, which is frequently done in other medical labs in the country.   OUR LABORATORIES Lab Medicine Department of Evercare Hospital Chattogram, located in level-2 of the hospital, has five laboratories with each lab under supervision of post-graduate doctors. The department has the following laboratories:

1. Clinical Biochemistry
2. Hematology
3. Clinical Pathology
4. Microbiology & Immunology
5. Histopathology
6. Molecular Diagnostics

Dengue and Chikungunya are transmitted by the same type of mosquito (aedes) and have similar symptoms. Therefore, it is very important to find out whether the suspected disease is Chikungunya or Dengue before beginning the treatment. To address this issue Evercare Hospital Chattogram is pleased to announce the starting of “Detection and differentiation of Chikungunya virus and Dengue virus FROM THE FIRST DAY OF FEVER by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)”. There is no need to wait for week to develop antibody which people check by ELISA or ICT method. Specimen need: Whole blood in plain or EDTA tube Turnaround time (TAT): 1-3 days Service Name: Chikungunya/Dengue Detection by RT-PCR Kit is from Europe, CE-IVD approved. Tariff: 5,000 Taka