Management Training for Hospital Administrators

Just befme taking over as the Director of Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Dr Benjamin Pulimood spent a few months at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He took keen interest in the PGP students and attended several seminars and courses.

Major hospitals today have large budgets and immense problems of administration. Given these complexities, Dr Pulimood feels that management training would be useful for hospital administrators. He recommends short-term. management programmes for medical experts who have to administer large hospitals.