Suraj Kumar Sing, Head I-UPS Co-ordinator South, Exide Industries began his session with an explanation for his presence at Healthcare Senate. He said that there is a strong connect between his industry and the healthcare sector, both at the micro level and the macro level. Expounding further on how his power back-up solutions serves as a support system to healthcare providers, he said, “The entire healthcare sector is becoming more and more technology driven and this is possible because of robust IT infrastructure which in turn needs a powerful and reliable power supply system.”
Sing highlighted various aspects where power back-up solutions play an important role in providing good patient care. He went on to explain the functioning of an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) and a power battery. He also emphasised that a UPS system will function well only if it has a powerful battery. Therefore, it is very important to have a durable power battery for a hospital’s UPS system.
He then provided a check list to ensure that a hospital has a powerful UPS battery solution in place. Firstly, it is important to check on the reliability of the manufacturer in terms of technology experience, design experience and manufacturing experience. Secondly, it is important to check for capacity matching, which means that every hospital should choose a power battery as per its requirement. Also, he urged the audience to keep hospital expansion in mind while choose these solutions.
He stressed, “Check for the quality of the battery that has a consistent product line and the manufacturers’ assembly line should be automated with minimum human interface”. Finally, Sing advised hospitals to choose a battery from a manufacturer who will provide them good after sale service.