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| Interview |
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‘Indians
are best placed to run hospitals in America’
Armed with 30 years of experience in joint replacement
surgery and 40 years of professionalism in orthopaedics,
Prof Dr P VA Mohandas, founder and medical director
of Chennai-based MIOT Hospitals is ceaselessly
endeavouring to make MIOT a global hospital with
world class standards. For pioneering joint replacement
surgery in India, Dr Mohandas was conferred the
‘Padmashree’ in 1992. He has also been
credited with pioneering AO concept of fracture
fixation. In an interview with Rita Dutta, he
discusses issues related to trauma care, medical
tourism and shares for building a multi-crore
Medicity.
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| Accreditation |
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Healthcare
accreditation standards will be ready by Nov 05’
Addressing the need for a uniform accreditation
system for healthcare institutes, the draft on
standards of healthcare accreditation, prepared
by technical committee of National Accreditation
Board of Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH),
is ready.
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| Cardiology |
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Congenital
Heart Disease: The silent killer
Lack of access to medical treatment, soaring cost
of surgery and subsequent medication are the primary
reasons of increased mortality among children
with congenital heart diseases, writes Dr Gopichand
Mannam.
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| Grace 2005 |
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‘Accreditation
should recognise facilities for quality patient
care’
There exists many challenges in the development
of accreditation system in India, in the form
of different ownership of healthcare organisation,
wide variance in health infrastructure, plural
medicine practices, wide differences in economic
status of states and their health budgets, unregulated
growth of hospitals and nursing homes.
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| Ophthalmology |
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Bulging
red eye - post traumatic or spontaneous
Rajan met with a road traffic accident two months
back. He was unconscious for a few minutes, had
a black eye on the right side, cut over the fore
head which was sutured at a prestigious Hospital
in Jaipur.
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| In News |
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Wockhardt
Hospitals launches vascular diseases centre
Research
in advanced 3-D Post-Processing techniques
Hinduja
Hospital launches breast clinic
Dental
problems in India due to low awareness & poor
hygiene habits: Survey
GE
LightSpeed Volume CT launched in India
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| Hospinews |
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Thane
to have a new cancer hospital & hostel
A 200-bed cancer hospital to be funded and constructed
by NGO Cancer Aid Foundation (CAF), is coming
up in Kausa – Mumbra region of Thane district.
The hospital campus would house a diagnostic centre,
along with a hostel for patients and their relatives.
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| Conference |
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‘Women’s
health is initimately linked to issues of gender
equity and violence’
19th
Fair Conference 05
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| Conference Watch |
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Conference
Watch
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| Letters |
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Letters
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