Last week my program went on a three-day visit to Mumbai. I'll write a larger super-post about that when I'm able, but for now here's a sneak peak:
Vendor: Hello, madam. You want a tour? I give very good tours. Elephanta Island, Gandhi Museum, everywhere
Me: No, sorry, I'm leaving Mumbai today.
Vendor: My office is right over there. Very good tours.
Me: Ok I'll remember you, but no promises.
Vendor: From where do you come?
Me: U.S.
Vendor: Oh, U.S. Very bad things. (This was surprisingly the first of this sort of reaction I've had in India so I was kind of taken aback)
Me: Yeah, we have our problems definitely. (Thinking about neo-imperialism, bipartisanship, country music, etc)
Vendor: I read in the newspaper 94 people dead 1 billion dollars in damage.
Me: Wait, what??? (Enter panic mode. At this point I thought that something horrible had happened)
Vendor: Yes, Sandy
Me: Oh, yeah, that.
Moral of the story: I'm a horrible American University student. A hawker knows more about current events than I do. Even ones as big as Hurricane Sandy. Whoops.
Vendor: Hello, madam. You want a tour? I give very good tours. Elephanta Island, Gandhi Museum, everywhere
Me: No, sorry, I'm leaving Mumbai today.
Vendor: My office is right over there. Very good tours.
Me: Ok I'll remember you, but no promises.
Vendor: From where do you come?
Me: U.S.
Vendor: Oh, U.S. Very bad things. (This was surprisingly the first of this sort of reaction I've had in India so I was kind of taken aback)
Me: Yeah, we have our problems definitely. (Thinking about neo-imperialism, bipartisanship, country music, etc)
Vendor: I read in the newspaper 94 people dead 1 billion dollars in damage.
Me: Wait, what??? (Enter panic mode. At this point I thought that something horrible had happened)
Vendor: Yes, Sandy
Me: Oh, yeah, that.
Moral of the story: I'm a horrible American University student. A hawker knows more about current events than I do. Even ones as big as Hurricane Sandy. Whoops.
NABH is a system which helps improve quality of the product by twofold. This accreditation system is used all over India in the health care sector. This system reduces risk to a great extent and sees to it that all aspects of health care are up to date.
ReplyDeleteThe Origins
It isn’t a hidden fact that one needs to closely address the needs of the current healthcare system. India lags behind as far as health care is concerned. It is necessary to regulate and inspect health care facilities in India. It is with this vision that NABH functions.
NABH
NABH stands for the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Health Care providers. This board has been put into operation with help from the Ministry of Health, stakeholders, consumers, government and functions independently.
The Need for NABH
It is the core of the health care system to have an NABH accreditation and there are more than enough reasons for the same. It is essential for the betterment of the health care system. As of now, the policies in place aren’t sufficient to regulate to the requisite level of quality of the health care system. It also cannot prevent leniency in implementation of methods. There are countless persistent problems in the healthcare system that remains ignored. On top of that, there is no dearth of malpractices in the healthcare sector. Thus, NABH has been introduced with a view to reduce all these deficiencies that are glaring in the health sector. The NABH aims to ensure a safer and cleaner health sector to its patrons. It is also necessary to make the health sector an error free one. Thus, the NABH isn’t just an accreditation; it shall make sure that the health care providers take care to follow the minimal requisite standards.
The Requisites
One has to be capable of certain standards and qualities in order to have an NABH accreditation. These have been formulated by the technical committee of the board. One has to maintain a certain kind of quality in their services in order to be eligible for an NABH accreditation. If there is room for improvement in the prescribed qualities then, one shall not get the NABH accreditation. These standards are applicable to the following health care providers from both private as well as public sectors:
Hospitals
Nursing Homes
On a serious note, with or without NABH accreditation, health care providers have an ethical respect and responsibility to their patients. Hence, it is necessary to cater to the minimal requisite standards.
ISO cum NABH
ISO is the international equivalent of NABH. Since, the ISO has been developing continuously in all areas and sectors, it become unavoidable for NABH to not integrate ISO with its policy any further. Thus, a hospital has to work hard to meet the requirements of the NABH as well as the ISO.
The Process of Accreditation
The most primary thing would be to review if the hospital’s services are in-keeping with the applicable standards of NABH and ISO. It would be impossible to give away an accreditation without the following very basic steps:
Assessing the documents of the health care provider
A research upon the credits of the health care provider
Inspection of the health care provider
In order to get an NABH accreditation, one has to first acquaint themselves with the requisite standards and then carry out changes in-keeping with the requisite standards in their health care centre. Once this is done, a health care provider can go ahead and apply for an NABH accreditation. A small amount of fee has to be paid in order to get an accreditation.
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