The Sankara Nethralaya Academy conducts a niche session touching on the legal aspects of healthcare delivery on 12th September 2015.

A Mahalingam, Deputy Registrar, The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, honouring the Speaker Shri D Samuel Abraham, Senior Law Officer, Christian Medical College, Vellore.
A Mahalingam, Deputy Registrar, The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, honouring the Speaker Shri D Samuel Abraham, Senior Law Officer, Christian Medical College, Vellore.

Addressing the delegates, A Mahalingam, Deputy Registrar, The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Unit of Medical Research Foundation, Chennai observed that this unique was intended to focus on challenges and issues in Health care sector and their related legal management for effective and smooth functioning of the institution.

Delegates at the Medico Legal Issues in Healthcare and Laws Related to Healthcare Administration Session

To precisely meet this objective of issues relating to legal aspects, medical negligence, consumer protection, Sankara Nethralaya Academy, conducted a session on “Medico Legal Issues in Healthcare and Laws Related to Healthcare Administration on 12th Sepetember 2015.

With the rapid emergence of corporatisation of health care sector, extremely demanding patient segment and insurance providers for health care management, it has become imperative now than ever before for those related to health, medicine, hospitals and hospital administrators, NGOs, Trust operating hospitals to adhere and execute appropriate policy matters with respect to medical care.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri D Samuel Abraham, Senior Law Officer, Christian Medical College, Vellore said it was critical for any hospital management to be equipped with expertise on laws governing medical practice, particularly to handle medico legal cases.

The power packed sessions included topics on “Medical Negligence and its consequences on the reputation of hospital”, “Informed Consent and its role in consumer cases”, “Application of Consumer Protection Act to Hospitals”, “Importance of Medical records”, “Medico legal cases and role of Medical profession”, “HR issues in Hospital Administration” handled by veterans Mr.D. Samuel Abraham, Senior Law Officer, who not only offered his rich knowledge and expertise with ease to the avid listeners, but also encouraged and welcomed interactive participation.

This session attendances included senior Administrative officers and Medical professionals and Healthcare Management Stuents from prestigious institutions

The utterly satisfied participants remarked that the sessions enabled better understanding of the nuances on the subject to handle subtle issues with real time scenarios from the experts, who delivered maximum content on the topics within short span of time.

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