Expert Views
ASK A QUESTION FROM HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY EXPERT
Sept. - Oct., 2011
“Medgate Today, introduce a Special Section : Ask a Question fromindustry expert in Hospital & Healthcare Planning, Operations, Management, Quality, Medical Education, Medico Legal & MaterialsManagement”.
OUR EXPERT : DR. PRADEEP BHARDWAJ, CEO & Executive Director, Six Sigma Healthcare Limited, Delhi will answer your questions through his expertise knowledge & experience in Hospital & Healthcare Management. He is an expertise Healthcare Planning, Management, Medico Legal Consultant, Author’s and Visiting Professor & Faculty in leading Healthcare Management Colleges / Universities like Harvard, IIM – Lucknow, IIM-A, ISB – Hyderabad, Amity University, Symbiosis International University, AIIMS, National Board of Examinations etc. He is also Board of Advisory in many healthcare organizations / management institutes / universities. . Dr. Bhardwaj is renowned hospital and healthcare management expert, recipient of many prestigious awards like Rajiv Gandhi Award -2010, Best Medico Legal Expert – IBN 7
Q . Our hospital is a 300 bed¬ded hospital. The staff movement (Nurses, Doctors) is very high in our hospital. Can you suggest any solution for development of our own manpower ?
- Harish Pandey, HD-HR, Mumbai
Expert View : The frequent move¬ment of Nurses and Doctors from one hospital to another hospital is global Issue. The shortage of Nurses and Doctors will never end. You can develop and nurture your staff with some special benefits. We believe that, human capital is more impor¬tant than financial capital. You are also advised to start your own medi¬cal education department, by starting medical education (Nurses Courses, Para medical and DNB Courses) you can produce your own staff and they will be your ambassador. Now a days medical education is the only option, where you can solve this problem. Lots of Indian hospital is benchmarking the best practices in patient care because they have their own staff in different courses. It will also add value to the prestige of your hospital and a matter of proud for the owner.
Before starting medical education, You are advised to take consulta¬tion from the industry expert.
Q. Our hospital is 100 bedded and blood requirement is very frequent. We can’t open Blood Bank due to space constraints and heavy invest¬ments. Is there is any other alterna¬tive for that?
- Dr. Partaph, Rajasthan
Yes, Blood Bank is costly assign¬ment. The other alternative is go for Blood Storage Centre. The concept of Blood Storage Centre is very new in Healthcare. The area required is only 10 sq. Mtr. The Blood Storage Centre can get affiliated to any Govt.
Or regional blood bank, which is ap¬proved by SBTC and licensed for the propose. The cost involved in this project will be apprx. Rs. 8-10 Lacs.
Q. I’ m the owner of 200 Bed¬ded Hospital & Nursing College in Punjab. I’m very keen to do a course on Healthcare Architect and Medico Law. Due to my busy sched¬ule, I’m not able to attend regular classes. Please advice?
- Dr. S.K Sharma, Kanpur, UP
You can do these courses through Distance Education. Recently “Global Institute of Healthcare Management, New Delhi” has start¬ed these courses in distance mode. For further details, you can write to them at E.Mail : gihmdelhi@gmail. com. The course fee is Rs. 28000/- and Duration is One Year.
Q. Our cardiologist is facing Medi¬co Legal case and the patient is also blaming Hospital Management. Is there is any court decision, where hospital management can’t be blamed for the negligence of Doc¬tor?
- Dr. Aswini Rawat, Director, Mohali
If a patient dies or suffers due to medical negligence in a hospital then its management can not be prosecut¬ed. The High Court has given this decision and it published in Hindu¬stan Times dated 9th August, 2010. The court said that, under such cases only doctor should be penalised. The court however said that, the manage¬ment of the hospital would be liable in case of administrative negligence and failure to provide basic infra¬structure to the patient.
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