Ans: Health Checkup packages and their corresponding durations are as follows

• Medica Health Screening - 1 ½ and a half hours
• Medica General Health Check-up (Below 40) - 3 ½ hours
• Medica Executive Heart Check-up – 3 ½ hours
• Medica Comprehensive Heart Check-up- 3 ½ hours
• Medica Executive Health Check-up (40 & Above) - 4 hours

Ans: General Instructions for health check-up are as follows:

• Patients should be on empty stomach with overnight fasting and are advised to have 3-4 glasses of plain water in the morning, for a full bladder to facilitate an ultrasound.
• Kindly bring your morning samples of urine and stool, if applicable. Sterilized containers for samples may be collected a day in advance from the hospital help desk.
• In case the patient is on any medication, he/she should bring it along. If patient is a diabetic or suffering from any cardiac disease, the helpdesk at the lobby should be informed on arrival.
• Pregnant ladies or those suspecting pregnancy cannot undergo X-ray.

Ans: Regular check-ups, as per doctor’s advice, are recommended, since a disease can develop at any stage of life.

On a routine basis, annual repeat check-ups offer a review of any abnormality detected during the first check-up.

Ans: Discounted health check-up packages of up to 50% are conditionally available (please refer to package estimate format).

Ans: Yes, we have appointment facility for health check-up. Prior appointment helps us to plan our schedule more efficiently. We, however, give only a limited numbers of appointments.

Ans: No, Doctors are not available on Sunday.

Ans: Prevention is better than cure.

Certain diseases are silent killers, where symptoms may not be very severe e.g. diabetes. A patient suffering from diabetes may not show any symptoms & hence leave it untreated, thus increasing its severity. Diagnosis is not possible without blood test.

Other lifestyle complications such as abnormal lipid level; hypertension etc. (caused by sedentary life style, lack of regular exercise, irregular food habits, stress etc.) can lead to many serious diseases. This can be prevented if diagnosed early, hence regular blood checkups, ECG & cardiac tests can prevent small abnormalities from becoming major diseases.

Ans: Most blood tests are performed on empty stomach. Patients can drink water if required. For examination of urine, first morning sample (mid- stream) should be collected in a sterilized container, which may be collected a day in advance from the hospital help desk. Ideally, the sample should reach the laboratory within 2 hours of collection. Sterile containers can also be bought from reputed Chemist Shops.

• Patients should be on empty stomach - 12-hour fasting is required
• If on medication, should be continued as per schedule
• Alcoholic beverages should not be consumed for 72 hrs prior to the check up
• It is advisable to bring your morning stool sample in a container collected earlier from the hospital
• For women – Urine routine and pap smear tests cannot be done during menses (periods)
• Please bring your earlier medical records
• Kindly adhere to appointment timings & help us to serve you better