Father Muller’s hospital bags NABH accreditation

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru : NABH - National Accreditation Board for Hospital and Health Care Providers,  has granted accreditation to Mangaluru based historic  Father Muller Medical College Hospital, with effect from August 3.

Father Muller Charitable Trust Director Rev. Patrick Rodrigues told media Aug 8,  Saturday that the college hospital was accredited by NAAC with A Grade, and the laboratory of the hospital by the National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (NABL).

Rev. Rodrigues said the accreditation process started a few years back and with it, the hospital’s responsibility to stakeholders had increased considerably.   The institution has one of the oldest hospitals in the region with a turnover of over 1,500 outpatients and 1,000 inpatients everyday and also has the second largest psychiatry set-up in the State.

Endowed with a  135-year history in healthcare, the institution gradually moved towards academics from 1980. While it commenced postgraduate programmes in 1991, it started the medical college in 1999.

Rev. Rodrigues said the institution has introduced many new services, including oncology wherein it has a full-fledged team of radiation oncology and medical and surgical oncologists. It has constantly been upgrading the medical and surgical facilities in the hospital.

"To our knowledge, Father Muller Medical College and Hospital is the only setup accredited not only by NABH but also by other accreditation boards. Father Muller Medical College has to its credit, accreditation by NAAC with "A" Grade and all the laboratories of FMMCH have been accredited by National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (NABL). To the best of our knowledge ours is the first institution in the state to get accreditation by all the three bodies and probably one of the very few in the country," Fr Rodrigues said.

The institution is also building an auditorium with 1,250 seating capacity, a state-of-the-art indoor stadium and a multi-storey parking complex. A new super speciality wing is also in the pipeline.  Hospital administrator Rev. Richard Coelho, medical college administrator Rev. Roshan Crasta, Rev Rudolph D’Sa, administrator of FMMC, Rev Ajith Menezes, assistant administrator, Dr J P Alva, dean of FMMCH and others were present