Recognize India’s Best hospitals at the ‘India Healthcare Awards’

CNBC -TV18 and ICICI Lombard

Recognize India’s Best hospitals at the ‘India Healthcare Awards’

·         31 hospitals recognized for outstanding service 

·         India Healthcare Awards - Joint initiative of CNBC -TV18 and ICICI Lombard for the last 3 years

·         Awards for District Hospitals included in this year’s edition

New Delhi, March 11, 2013: CNBC-TV18 and ICICI Lombard today announced the winners of the prestigious ‘India Healthcare Awards’.  An initiative to recognize and honor India’s finest health care service providers witnessed more than 2200 hospitals from metro, non-metro as well as districts participating for the honors. A total of 31 awards were conferred at a grand function organized at The Oberoi, New Delhi . The award ceremony was felicitated by Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India .

 

The winners include reputed Hospitals like Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai; Lilavati Hospital & Research centre, Mumbai, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi and Apollo Hospital, Chennai among others.

 

Mr. Anil Unniyal, CEO, CNBC-TV 18 and CNBC Awaaz commented “The Indian healthcare sector is clocking a growth rate of 20% and is expected to touch the $100-billion mark by 2015 from the current level of $65 billion. Here, one must appreciate the health ministry’s relentless efforts to make quality healthcare affordable. Quality of service provided by healthcare services has certainly bought India in the global map and it’s crucial to recognize this sector through this award.”

 

Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Bhargav Dasgupta, MD & CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, said “We are honored to be associated with India Healthcare Awards for the last 3 years. Being India’s leading private health insurer, we at ICICI Lombard believe that it is our responsibility to support as well as recognize deserving healthcare service providers in their efforts to develop a sustainable healthcare infrastructure for the nation. We hope that this platform serves as a true acknowledgement for the hospitals awarded while also acting as a motivator for the hospital community at large to continuously exceed their healthcare standards.” 

 

The India Healthcare Awards are conferred on the Best hospitals across different areas of specialization and geographies based on a rigorous and objective evaluation process. The exercise spans three phases: Nominations, Short listing by India’s leading research agency – IMRB (based on scope of service, infrastructure, patient safety record and innovation & research) followed by final selection of the short listed hospitals by an eminent jury of experts from related fields. The categories in which awards are conferred include General Service, Tertiary Care Hospitals (multi and single specialty hospitals), Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana award to hospitals for outstanding service to the community and WHO Awards for excellence in Primary Healthcare.

 

List of Winners

S.no	Category	Winner	City
Best Hospital in Single  specialty
1	Cardiology	Fortis Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre Delhi	Delhi
2	Gastroenterology	Asian Institute of gastroenterology	Hyderabad
3	Ophthalmology	L.V. Prasad Eye Institute	Hyderabad
4	Obstetric & Gynecology	Mayflower Women’s Hospital	Ahmedabad
5	Pediatric	Kanchi Kamakoti Child Trust Hospital	Chennai
6	Orthopedic	Soundarapandian Bone and Joint Hospital & Research Institute	Chennai
7	Mental Health and Psychology	Institute of Human Behavior & Allied Sciences	Delhi
8	Endocrinology & Diabetology	Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialties Center	Chennai
9	Nephrology	Institute of Kidney Diseases and Reach Centre	Ahmedabad
10	Oncology	Tata Memorial Hospital	Mumbai
11	Neurology	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Science	Bengaluru
12	Multi-Specialty Hospital of the Year – Metro	Apollo Hospital	Chennai
13	Multi-Specialty Hospital of the Year – Metro	Lilavati Hosptial & Research Centre	Mumbai
14	Multi Specialty Hospital of the Year – North	Pushpanjali Hospital & Research Centre	Agra
15	Multi Specialty Hospital of the Year – East	Kalinga Hospital	Bhubaneswar
16	Multi Specialty Hospital of the Year – West	Bombay Hospital	Indore
17	Multi Specialty Hospital of the Year - South	Kovai Medical Center and Hospital	Coimbatore
18	WHO Award for excellence in primary healthcare	Rajasthan Medical Services Corp Ltd	Rajasthan
19		The society for community Health, Awareness, Research and Action	Bhubaneshwar
20		Community Health & Development (CHAD) SMC	Vellore
21		Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	Mysore
22		Comprehensive Rural Health Project	Jamkhed
23		Karnataka Health promotion Trust (KHPT)	Bengaluru
Best District Hospital
24	Grade -1	General Hospital (Azad Chowk)	Junagadh
25	Grade -2	Rajive Aarogyasri	Vijaywada
26	Grade – 3	Civil Hospital	Gurdaspur
27	Commendation for Innovation in Transforming Live	Jaipur Foot (Bhagwan MahaveerVikland Sahayata Samiti	Jaipur
RSBY award for outstanding Service to the community
28	Private	Christian Hospital , Herbertpur	Uttarakhand
29	Private	Glocal Hospital, Murshidabad	West Bengal
30	Public	JBMM Civil Hospital, Amritsar	Punjab
31	Public	Bijatala CHC, Mayurbhanj	Odisha

 

About CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18 is a pay channel targeted at English speaking consumers, investors, business people and other professionals and provides 24-hour coverage of corporate news, financial markets, industry news and expert perspectives on investing and management. CNBC-TV18 also airs programs that focus on the economic, governmental and cultural drivers that shape business in India. We operate this channel through an agreement with CNBC that gives us non-exclusive rights to distribute, re-transmit and exhibit, whether directly or through third party distributors, CNBC content within India.

 

About ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd.

 

ICICI Lombard GIC Ltd. is a joint venture between ICICI Bank Limited, India’s second largest bank with consolidated total assets of over USD  91  billion at March 31, 2012 and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, a Canada based USD 30 billion diversified financial services company engaged in general insurance, reinsurance, insurance claims management and investment management. 

 

ICICI Lombard GIC Ltd. is the largest private sector general insurance company in India with a Gross Written Premium (GWP) of Rs 5,358 core for the year ended March 31, 2012. The company issued over 76 lakh policies and settled over 44 laky claims and has a claim disposal ratio of 99% (percentage of claims settled against claims reported) as on March 31, 2012.

 

The company has been conferred the “Golden Peacock Award 2012” for Corporate Social Responsibility, “Golden Peacock Innovation Award-2010” for Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. It also received the “Skoch Financial Inclusion Award-2011” in the micro finance category. The company has been conferred with ‘NASSCOM – CNBC TV18 IT User Award 2010’ for Best Technology Implementation in the Insurance Sector. It has been awarded CNBC Awaaz Consumer Award 2010 for being the ‘most preferred brand’ in the General Insurance category. ICICI Lombard Auto Insurance has been rated highest in customer satisfaction by J.D. Power Asia Pacific in India among 11 auto insurance providers. It was awarded Customer and Brand Loyalty award in the ‘Insurance Sector - Non-Life’ at the 3rd Loyalty awards, 2010 and the ‘General Insurance Company of the Year’ at the 11th Asia Insurance Industry Awards.

 

ICICI Lombard allows instant policy issuance and renewal through its website www.icicilombard.com for all retail insurance products including Car Insurance, Health Insurance, Travel Insurance, Two Wheeler Insurance and Home Insurance. There are multiple payment options available including internet banking, credit card, debit card and cash card.