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Born
in the Lap of Luxury
Birthing suites have added a dash of glamour to the agonising
experience of delivery. Hospitals have identified a section
of people willing to splurge and have cashed in on this, discovers
Nayantara Som.
Lakeshore
conducts liver transplant
Japanese patient Etsoku Kobayashi recently underwent a living
donor liver transplantation (LDLT) at Kochi-based Lakeshore
Hospital. Kobayashi was suffering from a severe case of primary
biliary cirrhosis. The 15-hour-long surgery was conducted
by Dr H Ramesh, Director, Transplantation Programme, along
with a team of six anaesthetists and critical care surgeons
and haepatologists.
‘Thyrocare
will amplify 10 times in five years’
Founded in 1996, Thyrocare Technologies, India’s largest
thyroid testing laboratory, has clocked an annual growth rate
of 30-40 per cent. Conducting over 25,000 tests daily, its
services are now available via 565 franchisees, which enable
blood samples from remotest part of the country to reach the
centralised processing laboratory at Mumbai. Exerpts from
an interview with Jayata Sharma.
Dial
L for Legislation
EMS legislation would mandate a common access number, networking
of hospitals, trained paramedics and a council, reports Rita
Dutta.
'There
is a tendency to consider EMS development in urban areas only’
Dr Charles Mock, Director of the Harborview Injury Prevention
and Research Center at the University of Washington (UW) in
Seattle, US and Professor in the Department of Surgery (School
of Medicine) at UW is involved with research on injury control
activities, pre-hospital care and cost effective improvements
in hospital-based trauma care in a network of collaborators
in Ghana, Mexico, Vietnam and India. He also works on a broad
international initiative to improve the care of injured patients
globally in collaboration with the World Health Organisation
and the International Society of Surgery. In an interview
with Rita Dutta, Dr Mock describes his involvement in developing
cost-effective and low- resource EMS facilties in middle and
low income countries.
6
Steps to Perfection
Mumbai-based PD Hinduja Hospital has implemented Six Sigma
in six key areas. Sonal Shukla studies the system that makes
perfect sense for hospitals wanting to improve quality of
care and service to patients.
‘Max’imum
Impact
When it started in 2001, Max Healthcare was a two-clinic set-up.
The metamorphosis from Dr Max Clinic to super-speciality Max
Healthcare hospitals shows sharp marketing acumen and patient-centric
approach. Sapna Dogra discovers the Max mantra of growth.
Heathcare
at Rs10 per month
Started in 2002 as a state programme, Yeshaswini Health Insurance
Scheme in Karnataka shows healthcare for poor farmers is viable,
reports Nayantara Som
High
Performance HPLC
Jayata Sharma presents an overview of HPLC technique that
has revolutionised diabetes monitoring and thalassemia detection
in India.
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