BMC appoints Four administrators to oversee its medical colleges

“The administrators will be assisting in getting the engineering work done in the hospitals, solving the manpower and union-related issues, ensuring sanitation and cleanliness is maintained,” said a senior BMC official.

The selection of these administrators is also viewed as a measure to expedite the accreditation process of the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) for the BMC hospitals. NABH standards emphasize patient safety and the quality of service delivery by hospitals in the changing healthcare environment.

Welcoming the move, Dr Avinash Supe, ex-director of major civic hospitals and dean of KEM Hospital said, "The administrative post was there in the 90s but later discontinued, and the deans continued to play the dual role with the help of deputy deans. In corporate hospitals, we have an administrator and medical director. You need an administrative person to look after the HR, labour issues etc."

Earlier, on a pilot basis, it had appointed an officer for all its medical colleges-KEM Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College-Parel, LTMG Hospital and medical college-Sion, Topiwala National Medical College & B Y L Nair Charitable Hospital-Mumbai Central and HBT Medical College and Dr RN Cooper Municipal Hospital-Juhu. 

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