by admin-blog-kh | January 7, 2022 4:39 am
One of the recent healthcare trends around the world, and in India too, is the emergence of Day-care hospitals. Day-care hospitals are more than an outpatient clinic and less than a full-fledged hospital. Outpatient clinics generally handle minor procedures, cuts, bruises, fractures, and general consultation. But where the patient requires specialized care without having to spend overnight in a hospital, an outpatient clinic falls short. That is precisely where Day-care Hospitals fill the gap.
Short-stay, Day-care Hospitals[1] provide comfort and convenience to the patient and family. But they can also provide access to the expertise and experience of the panel of doctors that a traditional hospital has, but minus the hospitalization. Considering that there are many procedures that can be completed in a couple of hours’ time, overnight hospitalization only increases the expense for patients and inconvenience for their family members. The hospital[2] too needs to deploy more resources to monitor and manage patients admitted for overnight stay. Day-care hospitals do away with all these extra commitments, while still providing the same quality of care as a full-fledged hospital offers.
So what are day-care hospitals being used for, today?
Day-care Hospitals provide the full-range of super specialty healthcare services which include consultation with specialists or super specialists across multiple departments, comprehensive diagnostic services that are on par with a traditional hospital, a range of preventive health-checkup packages[3], minor Operation Theatre and Pharmacy. Such hospitals are being used for:
If we were to take a specific example, or a case study, one of the best would be the Chemotherapy[4] Day-care center of Kauvery Cancer Institute in Chennai. Kauvery Hospitals, one of the leading chain of hospitals in South India, have always been at the forefront of innovation and early adoption. Although Day-care chemotherapy is a relatively new concept in India, Kauvery Hospital established a Day-care unit with patient comfort and patient experience in mind. The day-care unit caters to patients who are receiving chemotherapy infusions over a short duration (generally 2-6 hours).
In addition to chemotherapy, the Day-care is also used to carry out outpatient procedures like bone-marrow aspirations, lumbar puncture, blood transfusions and minor surgeries. All these are made possible by deploying state-of-the-art medical infrastructure and having a panel of experienced doctors at the hospital.
The Day Care Centre is also capable of handling any emergency efficiently thanks to the Emergency Room (ER) which maintains essential drugs and equipment. And if required, the patient can be shifted to the our Kauvery multispecialty Hospital[7] within minutes.
Day-care centers adopt a customer-centric or patient-friendly approach to treatments and therapies that do not require overnight hospitalization. They are a win-win model for both the patient and the hospital. While patients and family members save a lot of time and hassle, the hospital can maximize their returns on the healthcare infrastructure. Above all, Day-care Hospitals have a transformative effect on society, as they help a large number of patients avail super-specialty treatment without burning a hole in their pocket.
Reviewed by Dr Suresh S Venkita, Group Medical Director, Kauvery Hospitals
Kauvery Hospital is globally known for its multidisciplinary services at all its Centers of Excellence, and for its comprehensive, Avant-Grade technology, especially in diagnostics and remedial care in heart diseases, transplantation, vascular and neurosciences medicine. Located in the heart of Trichy (Tennur, Royal Road and Alexandria Road (Cantonment), Chennai, Hosur, Salem, Tirunelveli and Bengaluru, the hospital also renders adult and pediatric trauma care.
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