Mangalore: AJ Hospital gets NABH accreditation, first in region

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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (BG)

Mangalore, Mar 22: "A J Hospital has proved its commitment to quality care and has been successful in getting National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) accreditation, thereby becoming the first in this region to get this recognition," said Dr Prashanth Marla, Medical Director, A J Hospital and research centre.

He was addressing a press meet held at Hotel Moti Mahal here on Thursday March 21 evening.

"A J Hospital and research centre came into existence in the year 2001, with the objective of providing world class healthcare facilities in Mangalore. It was Mr A J Shetty’s dream to make the best of health care facilities available in the coastal region of Karnataka.

"A J Hospital has completed eleven years of its service to the society. The hospital is also running many colleges in Mangalore as well. A J Hospital and Research Centre specializes in more than 30 major medical disciplines, embracing new technologies to offer high level healthcare that matches the best in the country. The hospital is supported by a team of highly qualified and experienced doctors, nursing and paramedical staffs," he said.

"The Hospital has also maintained very high quality standards and was the first hospital in this region to get ISO 9001-2000 certification by TUV in the year 2004, in a short span of 3 years from inception. Since then A J Hospital has proved its commitment to quality care and has been successful in getting NABH accreditation, which is the first in this region. As on date only 165 hospitals in our country are certified by the QCI for NABH," he added.

National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), a fully autonomous Constituent Board of the quality Council of India (QCI) has been set up to establish and operate accreditation programs for hospitals, healthcare organizations and set benchmarks for the progress of the health industry.

NABH supported by all its stakeholders including industry, consumers and government, is itself accredited by the International Society for Quality in Helath care (ISQua), he said.

The NABH certified health care organistations are bound to be under certain pre mentioned guidelines based on the treatement levels and also the surrounding maintainace. The certification has been issued after a three days of inspection in all the ways.  General and sudden inspections will be held at point of time in the coming days, to check If the hospital adheres to the mentioned criterias, he added.

"The A J Institute of Medical Sciences has come out with the best result in the region. A few students of the Institute have achieved the best in different levels. For the first time in RGUHS Univeristy, an individual has secured the highest number of gold medals. And also for the first time in RGUHS, a student has secured first rank right from first year to final year," said Dr Santosh.

A J Shetty, President, A J Institute and research centre, Dr Ramesh Pai, Dr Santosh Shetty, Dr Abhilash and others were present.