Kalika Diagnostic Centre

Most people who visit a diagnostic centre’s website are not looking for a doctor. They have been told to get a test done and want two answers: does Kalika do it, and can someone come to the house to take the sample? For elderly patients, people who are unwell, or anyone booked for an early fasting test, home collection is a practical need rather than a convenience.

Collection is only possible where the centre has staff and free time, so the website could not simply take a request and promise a visit. It had to know which towns are covered, which PIN codes fall within each one, and which slots are still open.

The website Meta Mint’s team built puts home blood collection booking on the homepage and on a page of its own, next to short pages for each of the centre’s four departments.

• Home collection booking. The visitor gives a name, phone number, date, address and an optional message, then chooses Agartala, Jirania or Bishalgarh.
• Town-aware PIN codes and slots. Once a town is chosen, the PIN code and slot lists fill in for that town only, and the form says plainly when no slots are left.
• Department pages. ECG, pathology, uroflowmetry and X-ray each have an information page explaining the service.
• Android app link. The about section links to the centre’s app on Google Play.
• Gallery and contact. A photo gallery of the facility, a contact form asking for name, phone, email and subject, and a newsletter sign-up.

The site is built in PHP with Bootstrap, and its booking and contact forms carry CSRF tokens. The PIN code and slot lists are drawn from stored records for each town rather than hard-coded into the page. It runs over HTTPS, and the footer credits SMSBAZAR.IN, a unit of Ignite Software Technology.