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Opportunities
Galore
Despite a low ROI of 15 to 20%, international
groups like Parkway Group Healthcare, Pacific
Healthcare, Columbia Asia and a host of others
are penetrating the Indian healthcare industry
attracted by unmet healthcare demand, intellectual
pool, increase in private healthcare spending
& the country's growing economy. Rita Dutta
analyses the trend.
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India's
diagnostic industry headed for a major boom
The USD 500 million domestic pathology industry
growing over the last five years at an estimated
Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 20 per cent
per annum is on the verge of a major boom, Falaknaaz
Syed reports.
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‘Good
management of private labs helps to generate funds
and improves service quality’
Dr Manjeet Kaur is currently the Head of Department
of Genetics at Dr Lal PathLabs Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.
Armed with a PhD from biochemical division of
the National Institute of Communicable Diseases
(NICD), New Delhi, she started her career in the
field of genetic disorders at All India Institute
of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi in 1988.
In an interview with Shardul Nautiyal, Dr Kaur
gives a low down of the latest technologies used
in genetic labs.
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‘India
needs more spine centres and spine surgeons’
Rotating
platform flex knee replacement : New innovation
for complete knee bending
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Country’s
first 24x7 ‘Health Mall’ to open in
Kolkata
Asian
Heart Institute receives ISO 9001:2000
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Diagnostic
industry needs a regulatory body
There is a big difference in functioning of laboratories
in the US and in India, said Dr Sushil Shah, Chairman,
Metropolis Health Services Pvt Ltd, while speaking
at the Diagnostic Management Conclave organised
by Pinnacle Healthcare in Mumbai last month.
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HR
intricacies in Mergers & Acquisitions of hospitals
Mergers and Acquisitions are the new paradigms
of hospital industry. The acquisition of Delhi-based
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre by
Fortis Group of Hospitals will mark the beginning
of an era of inorganic growth in hospital sector.
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Developing
national accreditation systems: Needs, challenges
& future directions
Health systems currently operate within an environment
of rapid social, economic and technological change.
Such changes are expected to continue for the
foreseeable future as a result of restructured
economic and social policies, globalisation of
markets and enhanced worldwide communication.
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Hospitals
and News Media Relations
In the concluding part of the article, G D Kunders
suggests some useful tips to hospital CEOs on
developing an abiding media relations programme.
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