R Krishnan, Director (HR) BHEl on Monday inaugurated a two-day Medical and HR heads meet at IFX conference hall BHEl, Bhopal.
Krishnan in his address corroborated the rising cost of medical services as global phenomena due to the increased longevity of the human life with multi organ afflictions.
He further revealed that to trade-off these exorbitant cost and increased salaries against the productive growth of company, certain capping and regulatory restrictions on the employees are now adopted and enforced by many of the companies’ world over.
Speaking on the occasion as guest of honour, D Bandopadhyaya, ED (HR &CC) elaborated on the methods and solutions for the cost effective treatment and on preventive aspects to be seen. Presiding over the inaugural function, AMV Yugandhar, ED, BHEl, Bhopal emphasised the need of containing the sky rocketing expenses on patient care by cost effective procedures and drugs and educating the patient on the efficacy of the line treatment patiently and compassionately by the concerned doctors.
Earlier, Dr Sarla Menon, General Manager and Chief of Medical Services, BHEl, Bhopal unit briefed the need, ways and means and its underlying percepts to alleviate the problems, and to kick-start the in-depth deliberations. On this occasion each unit presented its overview of hospital, details of patients, expenditure, revenue generation, referral expenditure, measures taken cost saving/containment, best practices etc.
Dr Pomila Sachdev, Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology coordinated the programme.