Archive: Latest Developments in Healthcare
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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 26, 2010
4 CommentsCorruption and Medical Education
The shocking revelation of the corruption that MCI Chief Ketan Desai , was arrested for as he demanded 2 crores to grant permission to a college which had been deemed unsuitable to provide medical education by MCI’s own inspection committee poses serious questions on the functions of the...
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Apr 06, 2010
2 CommentsCan Telemedicine Really Work ???
Today’s Times of India carries a full page article on Indian Hospitals providing telemedicine services to hospitals in Africa. What crosses my mind is why are we focusing on Africa when we need same services to penetrate into India’s hinterland. There have been isolated centres of excellence of using this innovative technology by some hospitals...
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Mar 26, 2010
2 CommentsNEED TO GO GREEN….
My interest in green hospitals got triggered to a whole new level after I saw “An Inconvenient Truth”, the acclaimed documentary by former US Vice President Al Gore. I know that film well; my son edited it and required me to sit through the editing exercist at least 50 times before we finalized it to...
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Mar 25, 2010
4 CommentsImbibing Technology can be a Boon
During the recently concluded Meditec Clinika exhibition in Chennai, I had an opportunity to visit a large 1200 beds private hospital, which is using Radiology imaging services (RIS) and PACS since a year. I was introduced to a young lady radiologist, all of maybe 30 years of age (guessing), who was using the technology with...
