Accreditation and Quality at Lucknow Imaging Centre, Gomti Nagar

This website does not state that Lucknow Imaging Centre holds NABL, NABH, ISO or any other accreditation, so none is claimed here. That is deliberate. A certificate is a specific document with a number, a scope and a date. It should be shown and checked, not just described.

Certificate details are not published on this website. The team will tell you what the centre holds when you ask. Ask before you book if a certificate matters to you, to your doctor or to an insurer.

These four names come up most often. Each answers a different question, so one cannot stand in for another.

A certificate shows that an outside body assessed part of a centre on a given date. It does not guarantee any single result. A centre without a certificate is not necessarily unsafe, and a centre with one still deserves the same questions about its doctors, its reports and how it treats patients.

Scope matters most. A laboratory certificate may cover only some blood tests, and a hospital certificate may cover only some departments. Check that the certificate covers the test you are having.

Quality is more than a badge. These are practices you can ask the team about, described in plain words.

• Who reads the images. Ask who reports your scan, and whether a radiologist signs the report. The centre's radiologists are Dr. Akanksha Bajpai and Dr. Pranjali Joshi.
• Preparation is explained before you travel. The team confirms fasting, bladder and other preparation when you book.
• Identity checks. Ask how the team confirms who you are and which test you have been advised before it starts, so that the right test is done for the right person.
• Privacy starts with the first message. At this centre, a test and a preferred day are enough to start. The patient privacy policy explains how information is handled.
• Questions about your report. Ask the team what the report means and whether you can speak to the radiologist. Your own doctor decides the next step.
• Procedures follow a review. Before a biopsy or another procedure, the radiologist reviews your reports and images to decide whether it suits you.

These practices cannot be checked from a website, and they do not replace a certificate. Ask the team how each one works in practice, and judge the answers for yourself. The page on what to look for in a diagnostic centre lists more questions worth asking.

An X-ray uses a small dose of ionising radiation, and an ultrasound uses sound waves and none. Radiology practice aims to use the lowest dose that answers the question your doctor has asked.

Tell the team before an X-ray if you are, or might be, pregnant. Your own doctor decides whether an X-ray is right for you. The digital X-ray page explains the test.

To check an X-ray centre's licence, ask for the number and the expiry date, then confirm it with the regulator, as the steps below describe.

The same five steps work for any centre and any certificate, whether you are a patient, a relative or a referring doctor.