Preventive health
Health Check Packages in Anantapur
Most of what shortens life in this district arrives without symptoms — diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease and fatty liver are all silent until they are advanced. A single morning of testing is usually enough to find them while they can still be reversed.
Why get checked
The conditions worth screening for are the ones you cannot feel
Nobody books a health check because of how they feel today. The point of screening is precisely that these four conditions cause no symptoms at all until damage has already been done.
Diabetes gives no early warning
Blood sugar can stay high for years without thirst, weight loss or tiredness. By the time symptoms appear, the kidneys, eyes and nerves have often already been affected. A fasting sugar and an HbA1c settle the question in one morning.
High blood pressure is felt by nobody
Raised blood pressure does not cause headaches in most people. It is found on a cuff, not by how you feel — and it is the single most treatable risk factor behind stroke, heart failure and kidney damage.
Kidney function falls quietly
The kidneys keep working normally until a large share of their capacity is lost, so creatinine and urine protein change long before swelling or reduced urine appear. Found early, the decline can often be slowed considerably.
Fatty liver rarely announces itself
Fat accumulating in the liver causes no pain and no jaundice in its early stages. It shows up on an ultrasound and in liver enzymes — at a point when diet, weight and sugar control can still reverse it.
Choose a package
9 packages, each with a doctor consultation included
Every package below ends with a consultation in which the reports are explained together rather than handed over at a counter. Prices are indicative — confirm the current rate at the health-check desk before payment.
Basic Health Check
A first, affordable baseline. Screens for anaemia, diabetes, kidney and liver problems and thyroid imbalance — the conditions most often found by accident in people who feel completely well.
What is included
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Fasting blood sugar
- Blood urea and serum creatinine
- Liver function test
- Lipid profile
- Thyroid profile (TSH)
- Complete urine examination
- Blood grouping and Rh typing
- Physician consultation and report review
Good for
Comprehensive Health Check
The package most patients should choose from their thirties onward. Adds cardiac screening, chest and abdominal imaging and diabetic control markers to the basic panel, with a consultation to interpret everything together.
What is included
- Everything in the Basic Health Check
- HbA1c (three-month sugar average)
- ECG
- Chest X-ray
- Ultrasound abdomen and pelvis
- Serum electrolytes
- Uric acid and calcium
- Vitamin D and Vitamin B12
- Physician consultation with written summary
Good for
Cardiac Health Check
Built around the question that matters most: is your heart under strain you cannot feel? Combines resting and stress testing with echocardiography and the full metabolic risk panel, reviewed by a cardiologist.
What is included
- ECG
- 2D echocardiography with colour Doppler
- Treadmill test (TMT)
- Lipid profile
- Fasting blood sugar and HbA1c
- Complete blood count
- Kidney and liver function tests
- Chest X-ray
- Cardiologist consultation
Good for
Diabetes Care Package
Diabetes is not managed by the sugar reading alone. This package checks the four places diabetes does its damage quietly — kidneys, eyes, nerves and arteries — so complications are found while they are still reversible.
What is included
- Fasting and post-prandial blood sugar
- HbA1c
- Urine microalbumin
- Serum creatinine and eGFR
- Lipid profile
- ECG
- Dilated eye examination for retinopathy
- Diabetic foot examination
- Physician consultation and diet counselling
Good for
Women's Wellness Check
Screens for the conditions that most often go unaddressed in women's health: iron deficiency, thyroid disease, low vitamin D, PCOS-related metabolic change, and cervical and breast abnormalities.
What is included
- Complete blood count with iron studies
- Thyroid profile
- Fasting blood sugar
- Lipid profile
- Vitamin D and Vitamin B12
- Calcium
- Ultrasound abdomen and pelvis
- Pap smear (for women 25+)
- Clinical breast examination
- Gynaecologist consultation
Good for
Senior Citizen Health Check
Designed around what actually threatens independence after sixty — falls, silent cardiac disease, kidney decline, prostate problems, bone loss and untreated vision or hearing impairment.
What is included
- Complete blood count and ESR
- Fasting blood sugar and HbA1c
- Kidney and liver function tests
- Lipid profile
- Thyroid profile
- PSA (men) / Calcium and Vitamin D (women)
- ECG and 2D echocardiography
- Chest X-ray
- Ultrasound abdomen and pelvis
- Eye examination and vision check
- Physician consultation with fall-risk assessment
Good for
Pre-Employment / Corporate Check
A compact fitness-for-work screening issued with a signed medical fitness certificate. Group rates are available for organisations screening their workforce annually.
What is included
- Complete blood count
- Fasting blood sugar
- Blood grouping
- Complete urine examination
- Chest X-ray
- Vision and colour vision check
- Physician examination and fitness certificate
Good for
Pre-Surgical Fitness Package
The standard workup requested before anaesthesia. Completing it in advance avoids the common frustration of a surgery date being postponed because a report was missing.
What is included
- Complete blood count
- Blood grouping and Rh typing
- Coagulation profile (PT/INR)
- Fasting blood sugar and HbA1c
- Kidney and liver function tests
- Serum electrolytes
- HIV, HBsAg and HCV screening
- ECG and chest X-ray
- Pre-anaesthetic consultation
Good for
MASTER HEALTH CHECK-UP
What is included
- Complete blood picture (CBP)
- Lipid profile
- Liver function test (LFT)
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin D (25-OH)
- Fasting blood sugar (FBS) with urine sugar
- Post-lunch blood sugar (PLBS) with urine sugar
- Thyroid profile (T3, T4 and TSH)
- HbA1c (glycosylated haemoglobin)
- Complete urine examination (CUE)
- Serum electrolytes
- ECG
- Ultrasound abdomen with pelvis
- Blood urea
- Serum creatinine
- Serum uric acid
- Physician consultation
Side by side
Compare the packages
If you are choosing between two, this is the quickest way to see the difference in who they are meant for and how long they take.
| Package | Best for | Duration | Fasting | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Health Check | Adults 18+ with no known illness | About 2 hours | Yes — 8 to 12 hours | ₹1,499 |
| Comprehensive Health Check | Adults 30+ | About 3–4 hours | Yes — 8 to 12 hours | ₹3,499 |
| Cardiac Health Check | Adults 35+ or with cardiac risk factors | About 4 hours | Yes — 8 to 12 hours | ₹4,999 |
| Diabetes Care Package | Known diabetics and pre-diabetics | About 3 hours | Yes — 8 to 12 hours | ₹2,499 |
| Women's Wellness Check | Women 25+ | About 3 hours | Yes — 8 to 12 hours | ₹3,299 |
| Senior Citizen Health Check | Adults 60+ | About 4 hours | Yes — 8 to 12 hours | ₹4,599 |
| Pre-Employment / Corporate Check | Employers and job applicants | About 90 minutes | Yes — 8 to 12 hours | ₹999 |
| Pre-Surgical Fitness Package | Patients scheduled for surgery | About 2–3 hours | Yes — 8 to 12 hours | ₹2,199 |
| MASTER HEALTH CHECK-UP | — | — | Yes — 8 to 12 hours | ₹5,500 |
- Fasting packages require 8–12 hours without food. Plain water is allowed and regular medicines should be taken unless your doctor has advised otherwise.
- Reports for most tests are issued the same day. Cultures and histopathology take longer and are explained at the time of collection.
- A doctor consultation is included in every package — please do not collect reports without it, since an abnormal value in isolation is easy to misread.
- Package contents and prices are indicative and reviewed periodically. Confirm the current rate at the health-check desk before payment.
- Health check packages are usually not covered by insurance, as insurance policies generally cover illness rather than screening.
Book
Book your health check
Pick a package and a date, and the health-check desk will call you back to confirm the slot and tell you exactly how many hours to fast beforehand.
A health check is not the place for a new, severe or sudden symptom. If you have chest pain, breathlessness, weakness on one side or heavy bleeding, go to the emergency department instead.
FAQ
Questions about health checks
Fasting rules, report timing, insurance cover and how to choose between the packages.
What exactly does fasting mean before a health check?
It means eight to twelve hours without food before the blood sample is taken. Plain water is allowed and should be encouraged — dehydration makes the sample harder to draw. Take your regular medicines as usual unless your doctor has specifically told you to hold one, and do not stop blood pressure, thyroid, heart or epilepsy tablets to prepare for a test.
How long do the reports take?
Most laboratory and imaging reports in these packages are issued the same day, which is why the packages are timed to finish in a morning. Cultures and histopathology take longer by their nature — anything with a longer turnaround is explained at the time your sample is collected, so you know when to come back.
Does insurance cover a health check package?
Generally it does not. Insurance policies are written to cover illness and hospitalisation rather than screening in a person who is well, so preventive health checks are usually paid for directly. A few corporate policies include an annual check as a benefit — if yours might, ask your employer or insurer before you book, not afterwards.
Is the doctor consultation included, or charged separately?
It is included in every package, and it is not an optional extra. An abnormal value read in isolation causes a great deal of unnecessary alarm, and a normal-looking report can still hide a pattern that matters. Please do not collect your reports without sitting with the doctor who reviews them.
Can a company or a group book these packages together?
Yes. Group and corporate rates are available for organisations screening staff annually, and the pre-employment package is issued with a signed medical fitness certificate. Mention the number of people on the booking form and the health-check desk will confirm the rate and schedule the group across manageable slots.
Which package should I choose?
If this is your first check and you have no known illness, start with the Basic Health Check. From your thirties onward, the Comprehensive package is the sensible annual choice. Choose the Cardiac package if heart disease runs in your family or you smoke, the Diabetes package if you already have diabetes, and the Senior Citizen package after sixty. If you are unsure, select “Not sure — please advise” on the form and describe your history.