First in the Northeast

Babina gets NABL accreditation:

Imphal, Dec 8: Babina Diagnostic Centre, RIMS Road, Imphal has become the first laboratory in the North Eastern region to achieve the rare distinction of being accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).

Announcing this during a press conference here today, Managing Director of the Centre Dr Th Dhabali said along with the formal recognition of the technical competence in the field of medical diagnostics, the Centre, which is a unit of the Babina Health Care and Hospitality Industries Private Limited, has now become a member of an elite global family of accredited laboratories whose competency of testing as well as the quality, accuracy and reliability of test results would be accepted internationally.

NABL is an autonomous body under the aegis of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India which is established with the objective of providing the Government, Industry Associations and the Industry in general with a scheme for third-party assessment of the quality and technical competence of testing and calibration laboratories.

The accreditation system of NABL is in accordance with ISO/IEC 17011:2004 which is followed internationally.

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