Dubai: Challenges in Managing a Medical Institution - Meet Fr Lawrence
Media Release
Dubai, Oct 7: Kanara Entrepreneurs Ltd. (KEL) are pleased to announce a workshop on – ‘Challenges and Opportunities in Managing a Medical Institution in India Today’ to its members and potential members. While medical institutions with colleges and hospitals has grown tremendously in the last 2 decades in India, it also has thrown in several challenges to existing institutions as well as opportunities to newer as well as existing entities.
St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore (SJNAHS), is one of the few organizations which have made a mark in the field of health and health education at the national level. The Institution seeks to make a qualitative contribution to health care, medical education and research through the training of medical, paramedical, nursing, health management, community health workers, and other personnel
SJNAHS has grown from strength to strength since its inception. Established in 1963 by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, SJNAHS consists of a Medical College, counted as one of the best in the nation, a state of the art Hospital with 1200 beds for all medical and surgical departments including super-specialty departments, a top class College of Nursing, a Research Institute - the first in a medical school - with the most modern facilities including a Bio repository and an Institute of Health Care Management and Paramedical Studies, all spread over 132 acres of verdant campus in the salubrious climate of the Garden City of Bangalore.
The mission of St. John's is to train health care professionals who are ready to serve the people in any nook and corner of the nation. In this effort, St. John's has succeeded to harmonize dedication to excellence with commitment to social justice in health care. Fr. Lawrence D’Souza has taken over as the Director of St. Johns National Academy of Health Sciences last year.
Fr. Lawrence brings with him vast experience in Hospital Administration and an insatiable thirst for excellence. He enjoys a brilliant academic career in varied subjects: A B.Sc. Degree with Physics and Chemistry from St Aloysius College, Mangalore, a Post Graduate in Philosophy from Karnataka University, Dharwad, securing 1st rank in the University, a PG Diploma in Business Management from St Aloysius College, a degree in Law (LLB) from SDM Law College securing 1st Rank and 2 Gold Medals. He went for higher studies to Fordham University, New York where he completed MA in Religious Studies & Ph D on "Administration and Supervision”.
Prior to taking over as Director of St. Johns, Fr. Lawrence was the Secretary, Catholic Board of Education for 7 years and Administrator for Father Muller Medical College Hospital & College of Nursing for 8 years. He also worked as an Associate Pastor, Our Lady of Mercy Church, New York from 1992-1994 & Associate Pastor, Sacred Heart Church, New York 1994-1998. He served as a Parish Priest, Holy Cross Church, Kulshekar, Mangalore Diocese for 2 years.
Fr. Lawrence will talk about his challenges at St. Johns in particular and the medical institutions in India today in general. He will also highlight some of the opportunities as he sees today in the medical field in India.
Venue :
Almas Hotel Apartments, Behind New Burjuman Centre,
Bur Dubai
Date :
October 10, 2009 (Saturday)
Time :
6.00 - 9.00 PM
Speaker :
Fr. Lawrence D’Souza
Director – St. Johns National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore
Registration:
Entry is free for all but through prior registration only.
Seats are limited and preference is given to KEL members, their spouses and their colleagues.
To take advantage of this opportunity, please send an email to info@kanaraentrepreneurs.com or ivanf@eim.ae with your Name, Mobile no. and Email address. Alternatively kindly call on Mrs. Jacintha on 050-6518094.