Coimbatore hosts FICCI TANCARE 2025 – Healthcare Conference
The 15th edition of FICCI TANCARE Healthcare Conference & Excellence in Healthcare Awards Ceremony, organized by FICCI Tamil Nadu State Council was held in Coimbatore on January 4th at Hotel Radisson Blu.
Dr.Praveen Raj, Convener, FICCI TN Healthcare Panel and the Joint Managing Director of GEM Hospitals spoke about the theme of the conference – ‘Thinking for Tomorrow, Today – Embracing Changes in Healthcare’.
He shared that the healthcare dynamics in India is completely changing. A century ago healthcare was primarily provided only by government institutions but that scenario gradually began to change. Today we have corporate hospitals.
Dr.Praveen underlined that private equity companies have started taking over hospital chains in some parts and they are running the hospitals by themselves. In one aspect, this brings lot of professionalism, structure and process but hospitals here don’t have to automatically follow this pattern; yet it is important to make our hospitals process driven, SOP driven, system driven because that is the way forward, he stressed.
The conference had the participation of leaders & experts in various branches of healthcare sector including reputed doctors and administrators from leading multi-specialty hospitals; executives from Insurance, Medical Equipment Manufacturing, Start-ups, Health-tech, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Consumables Manufacturers and Healthcare Consultants, etc.
TANCARE Healthcare Conference featured 3 panel discussions – ‘Embracing Current Technologies & Enhancing Healthcare Process & Outcomes – The Matrix’; ‘Insurance, Empanelment, Claims Management – Changing Dynamics with Insurance Health Exchange – Inception’ and ‘Manpower Management in Healthcare – Moneyball – Overcoming Limitations and Outgrowing Competition’ – discussed and moderated by experts. Besides this, it had 1 plenary session and a promoters roundtable session.
Hon’ble Tamil Nadu Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare Dr.M.Mathiventhan participated as the Chief Guest of the Valedictory Session.Dr.Nirmala, Dean, Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital took part as the Guest of Honor.
While addressing the gathering, the Minister touched upon how the Dravidian Model in Health Care has unique approaches to take care of the people of the State. He highlighted a few initiatives that aim to improve healthcare in the state such as Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme (that provides nutritious food to 1.14 lakh primary govt school children to combat hunger and nutrition deficiency); Innuyir Kaapom – Nammai Kaakum 48; Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam, etc.
He appealed to healthcare providers to give attention to emergency care and train their nursing and other healthcare personnel in life-saving emergency care practices.
Dr. Nirmala, Dean of Coimbatore Medical College Hospital proudly stated that government hospitals are becoming on par with private hospitals in terms of infrastructure and technology but when it comes to maintaining the premises clean and tidy, it becomes a massive challenge for them. She appealed FICCI members to find ways to develop equipment that require less man power and give maximum cleanliness to hospitals.
The Minister then presented the FICCI TANCARE Healthcare Excellence Awards in the presence of Dr. GSK Velu, Chairman, FICCI Tamil Nadu State Council & CMD – Trivitron/ Neuberg Group of Companies, Mr. Bhupesh Nagarajan, Co-Chairman, FICCI Tamil Nadu State Council & CMD of Indira Projects; Dr.Praveen Raj, Convener, FICCI TN Healthcare Panel; the Joint Managing Director of GEM Hospitals and Rajarajan, Co-Convener, FICCI TN Healthcare Panel.
List of awardees :-
Dr.Geethanjali, Dean, Government Medical College & Hospital- The Nilgiris and Dr. RV Ramani, Founder, Sankara Eye Care Institutions received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dr.Nirmala, Dean, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital received the Teaching Hospital of the Year Award. Dr.E.Raja, Medical Superintendent, District Headquarters Hospital, Pollachi received Hospital of the Year award.
Dr.K.Rangaswamy, BMO, Nambiyur CHC, Erode received the Primary Health Centre of the Year award and Ms.Subashree, VP, Ekam Foundation received the Healthcare NGO of the year award.
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