“We stand by the decision of the honourable Supreme Court. The Government of India’s stand of allowing the free tests of the people covered under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme is a welcome move. We will follow the government’s directive and will continue to do the tests at the approved rates.

This directive will allow private labs to scale up testing to support the government during this national crisis. Metropolis is currently supporting the Maharashtra Government in its intent to scale up testing, and we have the capacity to do thousands of tests per day. We are scaling up drive-through and home visit testing significantly.

While we have continued providing the best patient care through all the chaos, I am happy to see the SC and government recognize the passion and commitment with which private labs are operating and recognize the good work being done as caretakers of the health of all Indians.”