Welcome to Parkway Laboratory Services

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QF-PCR (Quantitative Flourescent - Polymerase Chain Reaction)

This is a rapid prenatal screening test for genetic abnormalities and is now available in Asia. The new test detects major chromosome abnormalities involving 13,18, 21, X and Y.

CT PCR (Chlamydia trachomatis - Polymerase Chain Reaction)

Chlamydia trachomatis are gram-negative, non-motile bacteria and a causative agent for cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU). Chlamydia trachomatis PCR test offered by our lab is a qualitative in vitro diagnostic test on Roche Cobas Amplicor.

SERVICES

Parkway Laboratory Services Ltd (PLS) has laboratories on the premises of East Shore, Gleneagles and Mount Elizabeth hospitals, the three private hospitals owned by Parkway Group Healthcare, and a reference laboratory located in Ayer Rajah Crescent, which also houses our headquarters. We serve the needs of inpatients and outpatients at the three hospitals as well as other medical practitioners who operate within and outside the hospitals' medical centres. Our reference laboratory-cum-headquarters was relocated from Henderson Industrial Park to Ayer Rajah Crescent on 1 May 2002.

We provide quality laboratory services in the following disciplines.

Clinical laboratory services include:

Biochemistry
Haematology & Immunohaematology
Special Chemistry (Immunology, Hormone, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring)
Serology
Body Fluids, Stool & Urine Analysis
Microbiology

Histopathology services include:

Cytology
Histology
Triple Testing for Down's Syndrome

Cytogenetics services include:

Prenatal Diagnosis
Perinatal, Paediatric and Adult Karyotyping
Special Tests (Fragile X, Fanconi's Anaemia, Bloom's Syndrome, Ataxia Telangiectasia, Fluorescent In-situ Hybridisation)
Oncology Karyotyping