Peerless grp to foray into medical services training

Kolkata, Nov 28: The Peerless Group will foray into medical services education and allied courses and set up a dedicated campus to conduct such programmes.

The company would offer these courses in association West Bengal University of Health Science(WBUHS), West Bengal University of Technology(WBUT) and Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU).

''A two-year master's degree on Hospital Administration will be introduced on November 30,''Peerless Hospital managing Director S K basu told UNI today. The course is affiliated to WBUT. The Peerless Group have already designed the course content and it would be supported by on-job training and theoritical part.

This course would be independently run by the hospital.

Peerless Group would offer two one-year post graduation programmes in Hospital Front-Office Management and Support Services Management in association with NSOU. ''These courses are first to be started in the country,'' Mr Basu added.

The course on Support Services Management would deal with areas like hospital catering, central supply, bio-medical waste and house-keeping.

''Such courses would be conducted at Peerless Hospital premises.

The new campus would be constructed by 2008,'' he added. The company has nine acres of land in the hospital premises, which would be converted into a full-fledged medical institution.

The company has also tied up with WBUHS to start a bachelor's programme in Nursing. Plans are also afoot to start phisiotherapy courses.

UNI