3rd International Hospital Build & Infrastructure India 2012 achieves grand success, announces the f

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The 3rd edition of India’s premier and only dedicated B2B event on Hospital Infrastructure, Planning, Supplies & Healthcare Development had a successful conclusion with packed Conference sessions and a never ending flow of Industry leaders & visitors to see the explicit display of latest Hospital Infrastructure products & technologies at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai on 14-16 December 2012. The event attracted over 3000 trade visitors comprising of CEOs, Medical Directors, Hospital Administrators, Medical Superintendants, Bio Medical Consultants, Healthcare architects, Project management consultants, Developers, PE firms, and many senior decision makers and healthcare professionals One of the major highlights of this edition was the announcement of the first Hospital Build & Infrastructure Awards to felicitate the best efforts in the Healthcare Facility and to recognize leaders in the Healthcare industry who have devoted their efforts to building hospitals that help improve healthcare services and raise the bar in providing world-class patient care. As this sector is growing, so is the need to reward industry leaders and innovators in a variety of categories. The Awards were introduced to act as a platform to promote the professionals who have worked hard to achieve a hospital environment that enables and promotes a healthy life. The HBI Awards, India, is in line with the International Series of Hospital Build & Infrastructure Awards which is organized by its other portfolio of events like Hospital Build Middle East, Dubai. The Winners of the HBI Awards, India are as follows 1. Kohinoor Hospital – Best Sustainable Hospital Project 2. Hiranandani Hospital – Best Healing Environment 3. Apollo Telemedicine – Best Technology Initiative 4. Fortis Memorial Research Institute – Best Initiative to Improve Design Standard for Healthcare 5. Larsen & Tubro – Builder/Construction Company for a Project 6. Medanta – Best Physical Environment Award 7. Archi Medes – Architect/Designer of the year for a Project The burgeoning opportunities and technological advancements in the Indian hospital infrastructure sector were also highlighted at this three day exhibition & technical conference A strong line up of speakers and industry illuminati shared their expertise and discussed the technological advancements and the way forward in the industry. The 3 day conference was broadly categorized into 3 technical sessions. 1) Leaders in Healthcare – Winning Strategy in the New Regionalised Multi-national Healthcare Market Place. 2) Hospital Build, Design and Upgrade – Designing and building safe, functional, effective architecture & infrastructure. 3) Quality Of Care – Leap over the Quality Chasm through Redesigning Healthcare Quality Model. Attractive panel discussions, from internationally acclaimed companies and influential healthcare personalities from India served as an excellent catalyst to the entire conference programme. Few of the renowned dignitaries who stamped their presence and shared their views at the event were Dr. Chandrasekhar R, Chief Architect – Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India Dr. Sujit Chatterjee, Chief Executive Officer, LH Hiranandani Hospital Dr. Vishal Beri, Chief Operations Officer, Hinduja Healthcare Surgical Mr. Vishal Bali, CEO, Fortis Global Dr. Rajeev Boudhankar, Vice President, Kohinoor Hospital Mr. VP Kamath, COO, Wockhardt Hospitals Mr. Gaurav Malhotra, MD & CEO, Patni Healthcare Dr. Ganapathy, President, Apollo Telemedicine Mr. Manpreet Sohal, CEO, SL Raheja Hospital Mr. Abhishek Singh, Associate Director, PWC India Dr. Sameer Mehta, Director-Projects, Hosmac India Ms. Marcelle Mc Phaden, Regional Manager-Asia, Accreditation Canada International Mr. Gaurav Chopra, MD, HKS India Mr.Frederic Nantois, Architectes Ingenieurs Associes-France To further add value to the platform, new initiatives like business match making service was also introduced in addition to the industry specific conference tracks, product demonstrations, seminars and display of leading hospital infrastructure products, technologies and services. The exhibitors included hospital consultants, healthcare architects, planners, developers, medical equipment suppliers, Hospital Furniture & Interiors, flooring, roofing, lighting, clean room partitions, hospital paints, modular OTs, bedhead panels amongst many more. Around 100 exhibitors from India and abroad, showcased the entire gamut of hospital infrastructure products, medical equipments/technology, and hospital solutions all under one roof. The exhibiting brands were Tata Motors, Godrej Interio, Modular Concepts, Allarch India, TAPHI Pty Ltd, Draeger Medical India, , Mindray, HLL Lifecare, Sio Vassundhara International, Portalp International, Mehta Tubes Limited, Zebra Technologies, Hospaccx India T M, CR Medisysytems, KGD Architecture, Attune Technologies, Hill-Rom, Alvo, RAM Metal Industries, Knauf RAK FZE, Linet, Hospaccx India Systems, Bluestream Manufacturing Services, Agora Climate Control Systems, Aeropure Systems, Light & Magic Automation, Eubiq India, Archetype, American Institute of Architects, STH Architects, Bowman Riley Architects, Bioni Paints India, Helix Corporation, Edifice Medical Systems, Barco, Cosign India, RMG Polvinyl, Tata Consultancy services, Redsun Communication, Pratiba Medinox, Piercing Systems, Studex, CAEM India, Carefusion, Cosign India, Knauf Rak Fze, Everest Industries, Hosmac India, Ziqitza Healthcare to name a few. Some of the exhibitor feedback included “Hospital Build & Infrastructure India 2012 is a fabulous event which can provide total solutions to the healthcare industry under a single roof. It can play an imperative role in providing innovative solutions. HLL being a total healthcare solution provider got an opportunity to showcase our services through HBII 2012.” HLL LIFECARE “Hospital Build & Infrastructure 2012 has provided a unique platform to the solution providers as well as key decision makers for the Hospital and Medical fraternity. This would go a long way in raising the overall quality of Infrastructure in Healthcare, thus providing medical facilities to the patients at the best of quality and affordable costs.” DRAEGER MEDICAL INDIA “Hospital Build & Infrastructure is a good show and the right platform for manufacturers/suppliers of hospital construction/interior/technical products and the right place to showcase the product range to the Hospital owners, decision makers, Architects, Consultants etc. The show was organised well.” RMG POLYVINYL INDIA “HBII 2012 has successfully delivered us a unique platform comprising of multidisciplinary Healthcare providers and planners in India. Allarch Healthcare was able to capitalize through our presence and collaborate directly with business decision makers.” ALLARCH HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES “I would strongly recommend this exhibition and conference for every healthcare decision maker in India. All topics have been carefully chosen with correct speakers. I would say the SATR PRODUCT of this event has been the Awards, which has been well received by all. We need such organizations to bring the industry closer and bridge the gaps.” HOSMAC “Knauf Middle East experience at HBII 2012 was outstanding, looking at the feedback and the quality of visitors. The exhibition brought together the decision makers and providers for the region. We are looking forward to participate again at HBII 2013.” KNAUF MIDDLE EAST “Hospital Build & Infrastructure India turned out to be a great exhibition with specific clientele. We met a lot of project owners and similar leads.” RAM METAL (PROFEX) The event received unanimous applaud for the elite panel of Speakers, Guests, Exhibitors and Delegates which it brought together for the 3rd edition. Going by the overwhelming response to this event every year and the efforts from the organizers to continuously provide an innovative addition to this series, it is evident that the event is now recognized as an established platform to meet the key decision makers from major healthcare facilities and showcase the latest technology to the Indian market. This one its kind trade show in India, indeed did offer everyone in the hospital supply chain an unmatched opportunity to network, upgrade knowledge, source, sell, share ideas and technology, partner, ALL under one roof. For more information on the show, visit the website www.hospitalinfra-india.com