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| Rendezvous |
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The
Midas Touch
Medical Administrator, Business Development Head,
Academician-one word cannot describe him. In a
career spanning over 17 years at premier hospitals,
Dr Ravindra Karanjekar straddled various worlds,
always attaining success. The General Manager
of Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai shares his ideas,
philosophy and vision with Rita Dutta.
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| Trends |
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Catching
Disease Before It Catches Us
Instromedix
To Launch New Products In Home Care Segment
Bombay
Hospital Installs 64 Slice CT Machine
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| Focus |
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Onus
Of Compensation On Hospitals
Maharashtra’s public health department has
asked all hospitals and healthcare centres performing
sterilisation operations to give an undertaking
that the owner will be liable to pay compensation
in case of death, incapacitation and complications.
Falaknaaz Syed reports.
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| Insight |
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Charity
Begins In The Hospital
With the report on free medical treatment in charitable
hospitals expected in April 2006, Shardul
Nautiyal gives you a ringside view of the squabbling
going on between charitable hospitals and healthcare
activists regarding free treatment.
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| In News |
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Global
Knowledge & Health City Coming Up At Durgapur
Govt
Agrees To Partly Hike Stipend Of Junior Docs
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| Planning |
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Circulation
Is Critical To Hospital Facilities Planning
Circulation is the space within the hospital administrative
and support services that is not common to any
specific department. This includes corridors,
stairwells, toilets, courts, lobbies, elevators,
etc. This space must be considered in determining
the total square footage of the building concept
design.
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| Profile |
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Creating
Its Own Road, Off The Trodden Path
Manipal Hospital in Bangalore has set a precedent
in creating a Hospital having five star hospitality
facilities and services, yet accessible to the
poor, finds out Sapna Dogra.
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| Legalities |
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Can
Doctors Insist On Payment When Death Knocks At
The Door Of The Patients?
Recovery of fee can wait, but not the treatment
for trying to save the life, says Dr Suganthi
Iyer.
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| Infection Control |
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‘There’s
Not Enough Training & Expertise On Fungal
Infection In India’
Prof David W Denning is a leading physician at
Manchester’s University Hospitals with expertise
in fungal infections, particularly aspergillosis,
antifungal resistance and the treatment of fungal
infection. His clinical interests are in fungal
diseases, immunocompromised patients and complex
hospital infection problems. In his recent trip
to India to interact with Indian doctors on Aspergillus
infections, Dr Denning spoke to Sapna Dogra.
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| Marketing |
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Marketing
Myopia: The Short Sightedness Of Amateur Businessmen
It is common knowledge that offering commission
for seeking referrals is unethical and illegal.
Nevertheless, the practice is rampant.
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| Medical Tourism Conf |
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Practising
Medical Tourism: A Resounding Success
It was a meeting ground of intellectuals debating
and deliberating on trends, potential, roadblocks
and the future of Medical Tourism in India.
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| Conference Watch |
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Manipal
Hospital Conducts Workshop On Neuro-Endovascular
Surgery
‘Pain
Management Has Made A Paradigm Shift From Surgery
To Interventional Procedures’
Calendar
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| Health & Human Rights |
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Right
To Mental Health And The Barriers
Mental, physical and social health are vital strands
of life that are closely interwoven and interdependent.
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