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Unique
medico-legal sessions in the offing at SCHC seminar
The
Symbiosis Centre of Health Care (SCHC), Pune has organised
a national seminar on Medicolegal Systems and Hospital/
Healthcare Management. This year, around 954 students
enrolled for the above courses from all over India will
be attending this seminar to be held between 10- 12
May 2002 at Symbiosis Vishwabhavan, Pune.
The sessions will be conducted simultaneously on medicolegal
and healthcare management issues. The three-day event
will throw light on changing health care management
scenario.
Today one can say that the image of a ‘Doctorsaab’
of yesteryear is tarnished to a certain extent. With
the rising number of litigations against doctors, thanks
to the Consumer Protection Act, frequently they come
under the purview of criminal law. To get a better insight
into this aspect, the seminar has a session on ‘Doctor
& criminal law,’ by Adv Dhairysheel Patil,
past president- Bar Council of India.
Medical ethics has taken a back seat in the present
world of commercialism and fierce, intense professionalism.
Addressing this changing tide of medical practice where
financial gains override conscientious gains, T N Seshan,
former chief election commissioner of India, is addressing
the students on ‘Hippocratisation of medical practice.’
Labour problems have been a perennial cause of worry
to all the establishments. With the changing concept
of managing a hospital on the lines of any other industrial
house, labour laws and problems unique to the hospital
environment need a focused attention. Advocate Manjusha
Kulkarni, legal advisor — Ruby Hall Clinic will
be addressing this very pertinent aspect of hospital
and healthcare management. A session on ‘Consent
documentation & record keeping’ will be conducted
by Dr Sanjay Gupte, chairman — Medico Legal Committee
of FOGSI. It shall highlight these basic tenets of providing
ethically and medicolegally sound healthcare services.
Effective communication skills is a basic prerequisite
of good medical practice. Unfortunately, time, energy
and inclination (not necessarily in that order !) prevent
the doctor from establishing a good rapport with the
patient. Miscommunication/poor communication is believed
to sow the seed of distrust between the doctor and patient
and is the genesis of many a litigations. Dr Sughandha
Johar, a PhD in communication skills shall highlight
this very important aspect of medical practice.
Income tax is the scourge of all well-to-do people,
especially professionals. The white collared professionals
that they are, doctors are always on the lookout for
proper tax planning without falling into the rut of
tax evasion. Rajiv Ranade, deputy commissioner —
Income Tax dept. Pune will dwell on this all important
financial matter.
In confirmation to the age old aphorism, that prevention
is better than cure, Dr Vidya Yeravdekar, director —
SCHC shall give useful hints on the preventive aspects
of medico-legal litigations.
Advocate Lata Krishnamurthy shall be talking on an interesting
aspect of confidentiality between the doctor and patient.
This topic assumes significance especially in the light
of the present scenario of HIV/ Aids. The practical
component of this academic programme is the most important
session entitled ‘Moot Court.’ Herein, hypothetical
cases are tried exactly the way they would be staged
in the consumer forum courts. This interesting session
seeks to educate the doctor students on practical aspects
of court proceedings and procedures. Constituting the
Jury in these trial cases would be presidents of three
state consumer forum ( as enlisted).
Lending a social dimension to these academic sessions
is a workshop on female foeticide. The workshop shall
highlight the social, legal and demographic implications
of anti natal sex determination and subsequent termination
of pregnancy in the event that it is a female child
— female foeticide. Featuring in these deliberations
will be — Dr Vidya Yeravdekar, Dr Chandakkar, dy.chief
— Health Services, Pune Municipal Corporation;
Dr Bhatlavande, jt., director — Medical Services,
Govt. of Maharashtra and Dr Poornima Advani, chairperson
— National Commission for Women, New Delhi.
The student delegates of the hospital and healthcare
management course are in for an academic bonanza too.
Besides sessions on technical subjects such as strategic
management, risk management, managed healthcare, conducted
by the eminent faculty of SCHC, the students would actually
visit the various multispeciality hospitals of Pune
such as Ruby Hall, Jehangir, Dinanath Mangeshkar, Sancheti,
Joshi Hospital, KEM, Inlaks and Budhrani Hospitals etc.
Here they would undertake a guided tour of the hospitals
to get an insight into the functioning of various departments
of a hospital. Professionals from hospital management
and consultancy firms shall address the students on
important aspects such as hospital waste management,
medical audit and, planning and designing of a hospital.
A peripheral yet important dimension of quality healthcare
services is the dietetic department of the hospital.
Sushila Sharangdhar, chief dietician, Hinduja Hospital,
Mumbai shall discuss management of a dietetics department
in a multispeciality institutional hospital. The all
important session for these future hospital managers
would be an interactive panel discussion called, ‘Corporate
healthcare strategies.’ The panelists would discuss
the paradigm shift that is taking place in the healthcare
sector with the entry of multinational industrial houses
into this field. Panelists for this session are Amit
Bagaria, CEO, Asian Health Services, Bangalore; Vishal
Bali, GM — Wockhardt, Bangalore; Ratan Jalan, CEO
— Apollo Hospitals and Lifestyle Ltd. Hyderabad
and Dr V Ranjan, GM — Medical Services, Emcure
Pharmaceuticals, Pune. The session would provide useful
insights into the present requirements of the dynamic
corporate healthcare sector. In the light of the opening
up of the health insurance sector, a two hour session
on ‘Insurance in the healthcare sector’ would
do justice to this important component of the healthcare
services.
The national seminar which is an amalgamation of two
diverse yet important components of healthcare services
will be a learning experience for the doctors, administrators,
medicolegal consultants, students, healthcare managers
and any/all such personnel who are responsible to formulate
and influence policies in respective healthcare institutions.
For further details contact:
Symbiosis Centre of Health Care
Senapati Bapat Road
Pune — 411004.
Tel: 020-5655362 / 5655023
Telefax 5678680
Email: info@schcpune.com
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