Archive: Public 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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Sep 20, 2010
No CommentsPublic Health: Create Ability Not Just Numbers
I interact with many administrators of public hospitals, and a fair number of these are honest and efficient. The disturbing thing is however, the extent to which most administrators are unaware and untrained in all aspects of hospital and public health management: from infection control to inventory maintenance. It is difficult to see how an...
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Apr 05, 2010
4 CommentsGovernment is Doing Its Bit…..
I was part of a committee appointed by the Hon Judge of Mumbai High Court to fix tariffs for the subscribers of the Central Government Health Scheme. This brought me in interface with the various efforts that the central government is doing to make an impact on the health infrastructure which is owned or subsidized...
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Apr 03, 2010
9 CommentsManpower Crisis in Healthcare!!!
Today’s Times of India (Mumbai edition) carries a story on paucity of medical teaching staff in medical colleges across Maharashtra and the situation surely sounded grim. The scenario maybe similar in many other states too. This problem is more grave than it sounds and let me share with you a true story that happened with...
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Mar 24, 2010
4 CommentsPPP Opportunities in Healthcare
Hi Guys ! Considering that the India’s Healthcare Industry is growing at a fast pace and is exploding all around us, I thought of adding my bit through this Web Medium. I intend to populate this BLOG with my views gathered over 15 years of consulting experience and would be keen to make this a...
