Wockhardt Hospital gets JCI accreditation in K'taka

Bangalore, Aug 2 (UNI) The Wockhardt Hospital in the city has become the first super specialty hospital in Karnataka to achieve the accreditation from Joint Commission International (JCI) of the US.

JCI is the gold standard in global health care quality standards and the global leader in health care accreditation having accredited 140 hospitals in 27 countries.

Wockhardt CEO Vishal Bali presented the certificate to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa at a function at his home office 'Krishna' here last night.

Dr Bali said ''The JCI accreditation of our Bangalore Hospital is a major milestone in our quest for excellence in patient care.'' In keeping with its goal to ensure that treatment protocols were standardized, Wockhardt had undertaken several initiatives to create medical staff bye-laws to monitor skill sets and training of medical personnel, care pathways for surgeries, clinical guidelines and protocols for care in the ICU and emergency areas, he said.

Mr Yeddyurappa said quality was fundamental in health care to save the lives of people.

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