City-based Narmada Trauma Centre (NTC) has claimed it has bagged the prestigious NABH certificate for providing quality health facility to patients.
While talking to media persons, here on Saturday, Hospital Director Dr Rajesh Sharma said the health centre was given the certificate after an inspection by the National Accreditation Board for Hospital and Health Care Providers (NABH) on different parameters.
“The Quality Council of India-connected National Accreditation Board for Hospital and Healthcare Providers (NABH) examined the hospital,” NTC directors Rajesh Sharma and Renu Sharma told.
If the NABH finds a hospital adhering to its 650 international parameters in providing quality health service, it certifies them, they said. The NTC directors said theirs was the fourth hospital in the city to bag the NABH certificate.
NABH is a constituent board of the Quality Council of India, set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organisations.
The board is structured to cater to much desired needs of consumers and to set benchmarks for progress of the health industry.
NABH is a board member of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare, according to its website.
Stressing that proper documentation was one of the thrust areas of the NABH evaluation, Dr Sharma claimed that average stay time in hospital has reduced from 6.7 days to just above 4 days.
The global average for hospital stay after a planned operation is 3.4 days.