AJ Hospital Bags ‘Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Trophy’ and ‘Nursing Excellence’ awards
Mangaluru: A J Hospital and Research Centre has yet another feather in its cap. A J Hospital received the much-coveted quality award of India “Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Trophy” on March 16, 2017, at Mumbai from Dr Mashelkar National Research Professor, recipient of Padma Bhushan, Padmavibhushan and Padmashree awards in midst of country’s top business heads and research scholars.
Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality award is constituted by Indian Merchant Chamber, one of the oldest and most reputed organisation. Most of the top business companies are part of this organisation. This award constituted to recognise the quality conscious organisations across Asia.
This award is selected by a stringent process which is spread over 9 months, Industry leaders assessment and finally jury selects the shortlisted organisation for the award. This year about 200 applications were there for this National quality award across different industries. It’s an honour that A J Hospital is recognised at the national level for its commitment towards quality in health care.
A J Hospital is the first hospital in Dakshina Kannada and 5th hospital in the entire Karnataka to be awarded the “Nursing Excellence” certificate by the NABH. This is awarded looking at the quality of care given to the patients, patient safety protocols, Infection control protocols and clinical outcome.
Both these awards are bagged because of the committed staff who always want to deliver quality care to the patients across all the sections of the society and make A J Hospital as the safest hospital for the patient to be.