Metropolis Healthcare unperturbed by Amazon's diagnostics segment foray

'Amazon's entry is through a partnership with Orange Health. It is more of a distribution through Amazon'

Metropolis Healthcare has made four acquisitions in recent months, and is charting out a strategy to grow its geographic presence. Speaking to Sohini Das over a video interview, Ameera Shah, promoter and executive chairperson of the company, and its MD, Surendran Chemmenkotil, outline their business plans. Edited excerpts:

 

 You have made a string of acquisitions recently, what is your M&A strategy going forward?

 

Ameera Shah: There is a funnel and we obviously keep evaluating and keep building for the future. But I don’t expect anything significant for this year; I think whatever we do now will be more towards next