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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

PUSHPAGIRI MEDICAL COLLEGE TO LAUNCH CIDAT ANDM-TBI


PUSHPAGIRI MEDICAL COLLEGE TO
LAUNCH CIDAT ANDM-TBI
National Research Professor and cardiac surgeon M.S. Valiathan will inaugurate the Centre for Innovation and Development of Affordable Technologies (CIDAT) and the Medical Technology Business Incubator (M-TBI) of the Pushpagiri Medical Society at a function at the Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (PIMSR) at Thiruvalla on Wednesday,31st October,2012.In a statement here on Tuesday, Fr. Abraham Mulamoottil, PMS chairman, said CIDAT was an enterprise aimed at enabling innovation in broad areas of technology and management.Fr. Mulamoottil said CIDAT would create a new insight, vision, and solutions to the problems facing the healthcare services delivery in the State and the country as a whole.It would offer cost-effective and innovative solutions to specific problems in the healthcare industry and continue to excel through competitive challenges.
The project would showcase the best practices all over the world with a strategy to demonstrate how they could be implemented in the State as well, said Fr. Mulamoottil.He said the PIMSR would launch its own special purpose vehicle, Cardiot, headed by P.M.John, former Housing Commissioner of Kerala, on the occasion.Metropolitan Archbishop of Thiruvalla Thomas Mar Coorilos will preside over the inaugural function.Ananda Chakraborthy, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at University of Illinois; K.C. Chandrashekharan Nair, CFO of Technopark; M.D.Nair, healthcare consultant, and Fr Mulamoottil will deliver keynote addresses Ramesh C.Deka, Director of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, will release the concept paper on CIDAT.Fr. Mathew Mazhavancheril, PIMSR director, and P.M. John, Cardiot Managing Director, will address the function.

Prof. John Kurakar

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