Symbiosis to host seminar on medico legal systems & healthcare management

EHM News Bureau - Mumbai

The Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, a constituent of the Symbiosis International Educational Centre’s Deemed University, is organising the VII National seminar on medico legal systems & hospital/healthcare management from the 6th to 8th May 2005 at Symbiosis, Pune.

The seminar will cover medico legal and hospital management issues with a view to offering solutions to students, doctors, lawyers, hospital executives and organisations to prepare themselves for dealing with healthcare problems effectively. Eminent specialists from the field of healthcare management and medico legal experts will be participating by way of lectures and interactive sessions during the program.

Contemporary topics include Hospital Tourism, Ethical & Legal Issues in Organ Transplant, Corporate Strategies, Hospital Information Systems, Hospital Architecture, Good Finance: Practice & Management, Clinical Forensic Medicine: Scope & Application in Criminal Investigation & Trials, HR Policies relevant to the Healthcare Industry, Credentialing & Accreditation of Specialists & healthcare establishments, Medical Negligence.

Eminent speakers like Harpal Singh, MD, Fortis, Vishal Bali, Wockhardt, Dr Hari Gautam, former president, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Dr Jogarao, director, Pegasus Health Law Consultants, Dr B M Hegde, former VC, MAHE, Dr S M Sapatnekar, director, Haffkins Institute, Dr Sanjay Gupte, senior vice president, FOGSI , Brig Joe Curian, CEO, S L Raheja Hospital, Amitabh Kaant, secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India, Dr Gopinath Shenoy, medico legal consultant, Madhava Menon, director, National Judicial Academy will present their views on various topics.

The seminar is open to anyone who is interested in aspects of medical litigation and healthcare management. Medical and law students are particularly encouraged to attend the seminar to understand aspects of administration and law that are not taught elaborately in their respective curricula, but are essential for day-to-day practice.

According to Dr Neeta Bhatia, academic coordinator, Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, “The Consumer Protection Act and its applicability to the noble profession has transformed the delicate relationship between doctor and patient into that of a buyer and a seller. Medical negligence cases are fairly common today. Both patients as well as doctors seek to interpret the law to their own selfish advantage with a resultant dilution of the very philosophy and spirit in which the law was formulated and meant to be implemented.

“This has necessitated the need to acquire the knowledge of laws appropriate to the medical profession on the part of medical practitioners as also the lawyers who need to have their facts in place when dealing with Medical Negligence cases,” she added.

Among the institutions which have understood the need for professionally trained managers and law savvy doctors in this changing healthcare industry by imparting training to aspiring health care professionals, is the Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, she added.

For further details, please contact:
SIHS on 020 25655023/ 25678680; Email info@sihspune.com