Siemens Partners With Jupiter Hospital To Set Up Asia's First Multi-modality Training Center

EHM News Bureau

Siegfried Russworm, Member, Siemens Medical Solutions, Siemens AG with Dr Ajay Thakkar, Chairman & CEO, Jupiter Hospitals

Siemens Medical Solutions (SMS) has joined hands with the upcoming 200-bed Jupiter hospital in Thane to set up a 6,000 square feet training center.

The 6,000 square feet training center will be set up at the Jupiter Hospital premises, and will offer tailor-made training programmes for clinical doctors and paramedics. The training programmes will be conducted under the expertise of renowned practitioners from the industry and a special syllabus will be designed jointly by SMS and Jupiter Hospital to train the doctors in the latest aspects of technology and clinical applications. With this, the training center will be the first facility in Asia to provide classroom training, practical clinical demonstrations and residential facilities all under the same roof.

The duration of the programmes will be custom-made depending on the technology application and will be tailored keeping in mind the busy schedule of medial practitioners. To provide practical examples to the theoretical training, a live patient environment will be provided wherein the practitioners undergoing training can view the diagnostic and therapeutic applications while sitting in a classroom. They will also be provided with practical training on the latest equipment.

Apart from the agreement for training, Siemens Medical Solutions will also equip Jupiter Hospital with its latest equipment like Somatom Definition-World's first Dual Source CT, Magnetom Avanto enabled with TIM Technology- a revolutionary MR equipment. MVision with IGRT for cancer care and flat- detector cathlab. With these installations, Jupiter Hospital is set to join the league of a select group of state-of the art medical facilities in India to offer the best in diagnostics and treatment.

Commenting on this unique partnership, D Ragavan, Executive Vice President, SMS, India stated, "Siemens is synonymous with innovation and superior quality. In the era of rapidly evolving technology, there is a crying need for training from the users of technology to keep pace with this evolution. However, the medical educational and bio-medical engineering institutions are finding it difficult to deal with this challenge which is leading to the knowledge gap and the patients are not getting benefit of the technological evolution. Hence, as leaders in the healthcare industry, it was a natural step for us to meet this social obligation for education and training, which we hope will set a new direction in the healthcare industry".

Dr Ajay Thakkar, Chairman & CEO, Jupiter Hospitals, stated, "Our partnering with Siemens on the two fronts of training and offering advanced healthcare embodies our commitment to deliver the very best in healthcare services. This also takes forward our dream of bringing India on par with the world in the area of healthcare services driven by technology" The meeting also has Siegfried Russworm, Member, SMS, Siemens AG.