We aim to provide a one-stop service to all our patients. We therefore have the collaboration of several other laboratories for certain tests we cannot undertake in our laboratory. Microbiological cultures are done at the Medical Laboratory of Mr. A.S. Lalloo in Quatre-Bornes. Biopsies and fine needle aspirates are sent to Dr. P. Oogarah, a UK Qualified Pathologist. We occasionally use the laboratory service of Clinique de Lorette for some esoteric tests. We refer very few tests to the Central Health Laboratory in Candos (Hb and protein electrophoresis, confirmation of HIV and Hepatitis). On demand, we refer samples of Blood Lead Level, Viral Loads for HIV and Hepatitis C and other rare tests to Path Care Laboratory in Cape Town, South Africa. Our foreign partners include Omega Diagnostics and Cambridge Nutritional Sciences UK, from whom we obtain most of our rapid diagnostic kits and our kits for the detection of Food Intolerance respectively.
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