The working of a hospital is different from any other organization in the fact they are expected to deliver quality services 24X7 throughout the year that too with full men and material. India is a country which has shown a tremendous increment in the health sector. This very obviously calls out for a trained man power to assist these institutions and prove handy in tackling the problems associated with them. Despite of this so called mushrooming of private healthcare centers, organizations such as the WHO are quite critical about the outreach of quality health care to the have-nots. This implicates the tremendous prospect of Hospital management as a career. The present article provides an analysis of Hospital Management as and gives the modus operandi to realize it.

What is Hospital Management and what does it involve?

Hospital Management deals with the planning, staffing, regulating, monitoring and controlling of the health care services of an organization (Hospitals, Clinics or simply rehabilitations centres). The level of urgency involved, imparts a peculiarity to this field and challenges the basic perception of one’s working abilities. Like any other result oriented organization, hospitals are also highly organized institutions and essentially involve highly motivated managers to make the ends meet.

What qualifications does it require to pursue Hospital Management?

To aim for hospital management, one should essentially have a background in biology in +2 with at least 50% marks and then opt for Bachelor’s in Hospital Administration. However, the post graduation degree for the Master’s in hospital administration does not obligate any branch in particular and is a 2 year’s course. Apart from that, many institutes are running diploma level courses in Hospital management. There are also some certificate level courses available (1 year duration). Many institutions are also offering correspondence courses in the said arena.

Some of the institutions offering the aforementioned courses are :

• Tata institute of Social Sciences (2 Year’s Master of Hospital Administration and also a diploma level course.)
• Indian Society for Health Administrators, ISHA (1 year correspondence in Health and Nurse Administration).
• Faculty of Management, Delhi University (3 years part time MBA in Health Care administration)
• National Institute of health and Family welfare (1 year certificate course in Hospital Management).
• Indian Institute of social welfare management (2 year PG diploma in Hospital management)
• Symbiosis Centre for health care (2 year PG diploma in Hospital management)

The cost for the BHA degree is typically around 40 thousands annually and the PG costs around 10,000 per semester.

Jobs and Remuneration

This happens a monetarily satisfactory career with even a fresher candidate working in a modest hospital making around 30,000 per month whereas an experienced candidate working in a super speciality hospital of say, 1000 beds will easily make around 1 lakh rupees a month.

A career in Hospital Management offers an amalgamation of both job satisfaction and monetary convenience. Those with a workaholic attitude imbibed with a passion to serve should surely consider it as an option!