JOIN USSpeaking at the launch function here, IMA President Dr Vijay Aggarwal said since the government consulted organisations like CII, FICCI and some chosen corporate hospitals while framing the policies, the association felt the need for such a board.
HBI, inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr S Vijay, would help the hospitals and doctors in preparing the medical standards and also providing uniform treatment, he said.
It would also help the hospitals in bargaining in procurement of machinery and equipment and in protocols, patient and hospital safety and employment issues, he said.
Claiming that IMA was responsible for stalling the proposal by Union Health Ministry to have rural doctors under the National Rural Health Mission, Aggarwal said it was also instrumental in stopping the Clinical Establishment Act.