The expert attributed the number of medical clinics in the Russian Federation to the enormous demand for tests

Doctor Batyrev: laboratory diagnostics has become a profitable franchise

Sun, 03/29/2026 - 01:10

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The huge number of clinics that offer laboratory diagnostics to their patients is explained by the growing demand for affordable and fast tests, explained Egor Batyrev, a psychiatrist and narcologist, assistant at the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology at RUDN University.

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He recalled that 20 years ago, state laboratories and several private organizations were mainly involved in performing analyses. However, now laboratory diagnostics has become a profitable franchise.

"At some point, the major players in this market realized that there is a huge demand for affordable and fast tests that can be taken within walking distance from the place of residence and at the same time not stand in queues. At the beginning of their journey, the future giants of this business independently opened blood collection points, then they began to delegate the opening of treatment rooms to investors and those who want to have passive income from an established business," the source explained.

Currently, only one laboratory is enough, which can be supplied with biomaterials from dozens of sampling points, the expert added. And it will completely cover the production needs.

"There are much fewer treatment rooms in the regions than, for example, in Moscow, but at the same time, laboratory facilities can meet the demand of the population. The only difference is in the service and the waiting time in the queue," the doctor concluded.