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VIII National Seminar On Medico Legal Systems And Hospital/Healthcare Management

Venue: Symbiosis Centre of Health Care, Pune
Date: 11th -14th May, 2006

The seminar will be inaugurated at the hands of M B Shah, President, National Consumer Forum, New Delhi. The Guest of Honour will be Dr Parameeta Subharto, Public Health Administrator, WHO, India.

The speakers for session on “Hospital Accreditation : The Current Scenario” are: Col (Dr) Pawan Kapur of NABH and Dr Lloyd Nazareth, Assoc Vice President, Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai. The session on “Hospital Branding:” The Brand Ambassadors” will have Vishal Bali, CEO, Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd and Ratan Jalan, CEO, Apollo Health & Lifestyle Ltd (AHLL). The session on “CPA & Medical Negligence” has Adv M S Pandit, Advocate, High Court, Mumbai as the speaker. The session on “Insurance: The Big Fight” will have Dr P V Bokil, Director - Academics, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Reena Bhatnagar, RO, Mumbai and Dr Neelima Kadambi, General Manager, TTK. “Transforming Health Care Delivery through IT” has Dr Vikram JS Chhatwal, Head – Health Care Services, Reliance.

For various other topics, eminent speakers like Dr Vivek Desai, MD, Hosmac, Rahul Kadri, Director, Kadri Consultants Pvt. Ltd.,Dr Sujit Chatterjee, CEO, Dr L H Hiranandani, Anil Kamath, Senior Vice President - Business Devel. & Hospitals, Wockhardt Hospital among others will present their views.

For details, contact:
SCHC on 020-25655023/25678680
Email: info@sdhspune.org

Conference on Planning and Designing of  Health Care Facilities

Venue: Goa
Time: 15 – 17 September, 2006

The International Conference on Planning and Designing of Healthcare Facilities is being jointly organised by the AIIMS, New Delhi as part of its Golden Jubilee Celebrations in collaboration with the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, the Indian Institute of Architects, Mumbai, International Conference on Medical Architecture (ICMA) and the South Asian Conference on Synergy in Healthcare (SASHCON).

The main objectives of the conference will be to: a) Establish dynamic networks between the diverse disciplines of medicine, architecture, financing & management and integrate them for evolving patient-friendly and environment-friendly trends in hospital planning and design. b) Deliberate the emerging trends in planning and designing of healthcare facilities c) Highlight the changing role of hospitals in the future in view of the changing healthcare environment and challenges d ) Assess the future projections for healthcare sector and its financing e) Explore the avenues for integration of Information Technology in healthcare delivery including as a virtual outreach arm of super-specialty care. About 350 select experts are expected to participate in this conference, which includes health and hospital administrators, hospital planners, project consultants, architects and experts from the construction industry. The last date for registration is 31st July 2006.

For details, contact:
Dr Shakti Gupta,
Email: shakti810505@yahoo.com