A Good Hospital Design Proves To Be A Great Business Venture

Infrastructure planning is an important aspect for any hospital business to be sustainable. Ravindra Burse, Director, PS3 Engineering & Construction Services, talks about how infrastructure planning proves to be of business sense, in an interview with Raelene Kambli

- Raelene Kambli

How do you see the hospital infrastructure space changing with time?

Hospital infrastructure has gone through significant changes with time. The trend of hospitals taking design cues from luxurious facilities like five-star hotels etc., has now changed. The focus today is on sustainability, adaptability and flexibility.

From public hospitals to expensive modern hospitals, need of cost-effective designs have become an utmost necessity to provide benefits of quality and cost together to the patients. Operational efficiency and energy efficiency are the key factors in new designs.

With increased load, elimination of human error is one of the major challenges healthcare industry is facing. Automation and standardisation in design concept plays an important role to address this issue.

The major investment in any hospital project is procurement of medical equipment and machines. Considering the specific requirement, location and prime need of the equipment, more precise analysis with the help of the consultant need to be carried out to provide a cost-effective solution.

‘Green Hospital’ concept, which gives sustainable designs specifically for hospitals, is the need of future engineering.

Healthcare being the most rapidly increasing sector in India, investors are keen for the long-run operation of hospitals. Thus, the concept of hospitals nowadays has changed to smart, future ready and sustainable with low operational cost.

What are the new designs that hospitals these days are looking for?

Many of the upcoming hospitals are planning to make their facility a good, positive and vibrant environment for the patients, staff and doctors. Good architecture or interior design is given maximum importance. Colourful rooms, attractive frame and wall work keeps the patient in a positive mood and relaxed for faster recovery. The hospitals have to radiate positive energy.