Archive: Healthcare-General
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May 02, 2011
No CommentsInsurance will drive healthcare!
There is a boom in healthcare in India and new hospitals are launched everyday. But it is ironical that the beds are not getting occupied despite big gap between the demand and supply of beds. “India needs huge investments in creating healthcare infrastructure”is the usual beginning slide in any healthcare conference presentation and hence it sounds a little...
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Apr 28, 2011
No Commentshospital area and heights of floors
I was in a design meeting for a 300 bed hopsital in Pune wherein I got to know that the ratio of diagnostic and therapeutic areas to in-patient housing areas is generally 60:40. Was’nt aware of that and hence though should share that. In fact the ratio is higher in western countries at 65:35. Similarly one needs...
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Apr 29, 2010
3 CommentsWhat Poor Countries Can Teach Rich Ones About Health Care
by Vijay Govindarajan and S. Manikutty (Source :Harvard Business Review) At first glance, it is hard to imagine how innovations from poor countries could provide much help in solving the cost and quality problems plaguing health-care delivery in rich countries like the United States. While it is easy to understand why a poor man would want...
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Apr 08, 2010
2 CommentsSCARCITY OF TEACHING FACULTY
The recent move by the Maharashtra Government to increase the age of retirement for Medical Professors or Medical College Teachers from 58 years to 62 years is surely a welcome move. Even otherwise, most Doctors work at least till the age of 65 years. This will definitely help us to tackle the growing problem of...
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Apr 07, 2010
1 CommentOn World Health Day…..
Today is World Health Day and all the newspapers are carrying news on various aspects of global health. The most relevant article I read was by Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman of Narayan Hrudalaya Group of Hospitals who has been promoting insurance based health care for the masses. He started with the Yashaswini scheme in Karnataka,...
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Mar 31, 2010
5 CommentsQuality of Hospital Bed Assets
I was discussing an assignment with a private equity fund manager with respect to the Indian Healthcare scenario, and the fact that the most common denominator used to indicate deficit facilities is the bed to population ratio. It is quite surprising that Eastern India has a better bed to population ratio than say, central and...
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Mar 30, 2010
2 CommentsFrom The Front Line….
Apollo Hospitals\’ Shobana Kamineni: \’India Is a Nascent Country in Terms of Health Care\’ Ms Shobana Kamineni,COO Apollo Group in an interview at Wharton Business School Philadelphia, on the emerging,complex and dynamic :Indian Healthcare Challenge. -Happy...
