Godrej Interio, a leading home furniture and furnishing company has participated in the HBII 2012 as one of the key sponsor for the event. A I Buvaneshwar, GM and Business Head, Godrej Interio, Godrej & Boyce shares his expectations from the event with Raelene Kambli
When did you enter the healthcare infrastructure segment? What are your contributions in this space?
| A I Buvaneshwar |
While we have been present in the furnishing segment for close to a decade our entry into critical infrastructure is recent as we needed to study its specific needs. We view the healthcare environment as integral to the healthcare delivery process. Hospital furniture has to satisfy the expectations of patients, doctors, attendants, maintenance staff and other stakeholders which are at times very challenging, covering aspects such as safety to patients, comfort, mobility and ability to withstand long duty cycles without failures. The furniture design must make cleaning easy for better infection control and enhanced hygiene. The type of material used must be bacteriostatic resistant , and the environment must be supportive. Medical furniture must help in therapeutic procedures by co-ordinating well with other medical equipment and devices used.
Godrej Interio has developed sufficient in-house expertise in designing interiors and execution of work places. We offer entire range of hospital furniture from examination couches, ward beds, patient room furniture, ICU beds and accessories including mattresses. Ergonomic patient beds designed to offer maximum safety to users along with reduced effort levels for operation and maintenance.
While the safety to the patient is assured through fulfillment of stringent FDA safety requirements, the reduction in bed operating effort helps reduce fatigue levels of the staff helping them to be more productive and efficient at work place. In the long run it helps staff to remain healthy.
Strikingly contemporary and aesthetically appealing healthcare beds from Godrej Interio with intelligent choice of material, besides offering a soothing effect to the already agonised patients as well as stressed out staff and visitors, offer long lasting, differentiated look to the hospital which break the monotony of hospital furniture which remained almost the same for many decades in India. This way, we aim to upgrade the healthcare environment and healthcare delivery infrastructure in India to global standards.
You are one of the key sponsors of the this event. What is your perspective about the HBII event?
This is the first year we are participating in HBII and we are eagerly looking forward to have our first experience. We are glad that we are able to be part of the HBII event which helps in showcasing the strengths of various corporates, both national and multi national who operate in the healthcare and infrastructure segment and know about their achievements, industry specific challenges and concern areas.
This event attempts to bring all stakeholders under one roof to understand common issues and challenges and how desired plans can be chalked out unitedly. Recognition of talents and achievements by the industry encourages the achievers and motivates everyone to resolve and aspire to achieve even greater feats in the coming years.
What are your expectations from HBII this year?
To be able to understand the global trend in healthcare as well as infrastructure industry and how we as manufacturers could prepare ourselves to be able to leverage the opportunities in future.
raelene.kambli@expressindia.com
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