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Pathology Pioneer: From Single Lab to National Leader
16 Aug
Summary
- Ameera Shah transformed her father's pathology practice into a national leader.
- Metropolis Healthcare is now India's second-largest diagnostics chain.
- The company went public in 2019 after significant revenue growth.

Ameera Shah joined her father's pathology practice in 2001, then a single laboratory in Mumbai. A finance graduate, she began in customer service, learning the business from the ground up. Over the subsequent two decades, Shah transformed the doctor-led business into Metropolis Healthcare.
Metropolis Healthcare is now India's second-largest diagnostics chain, with operations spanning over 750 towns. Shah successfully raised three rounds of private equity funding. The company was taken public in 2019. In the fiscal year 2026, the group reported substantial revenue growth of 23.6 percent, reaching Rs 1,646 crore.