Hyderabad: State health department to go corporate way

As reported by TOI, "Provided there is coordination between clinical and non-clinical officials on the ground, this move will definitely bring in positive changes as sanitation, security , infrastructure are aspects that can be handled better by professionally qualified people," said Dr J V Reddy , superintendent, Gandhi Hospital, adding that the process of appointing staff for the new wing will take some time to complete.

For instance, almost all government teaching hospitals in the state -Osmania Medical College, Gandhi Medical College or Kakatiya Medical College -still depend on untrained and unqualified lower rung class IV employees as `health inspectors' for maintaining sanitation, unlike in corporate hospitals.

"The ideal scenario for a hospital is to have a medical professional paying undivided attention to treatment, while all other administrative, logistical, operational aspects in the day to day running of the hospital being left to a professional manager.This will be a win-win situation for the patient," said Y Subramanyam, chief operating officer, Apollo Hospitals.