We must recognise that
HOSPITAL is not a mere building, but a complex social institution, composed
of many groups representing a wide variety of interests and diverse needs. It
utilises the services of various Medical, Paramedical and Support personnel to
render all needed HEALTHCARE to the
patients in its custody and through outreach programs to all, on its medical
charge.
It employs a wide variety of modern technologies and engineering services to support
the process of Healthcare. It utilises numerous Biological, Pharmaceutical,
Chemical and Bio-chemical substances -- some of which can produce abnormal and
unexpected reactions.
It handles the dynamics of Life and Death situations during the process of rendering
Healthcare.
Therefore planning of Hospitals has to be tailored to meet the expectations of the
Community, it serves as well as to meet the immediate and long term objectives
of the Health Care Plan, it has to serve.
Building a Hospital is one of the most complex problems in Planning, Designing and
Construction.
It requires a comprehensive knowledge of Healthcare Delivery Process, the knowledge
of all kinds of Hospital Equipments across all Medical Specialities, complete
understanding of the Design Process, ability to visualise the spatial
arrangements integrated with equipment and personnel, before these are built and
the working knowledge of Construction Methodologies.
Before the Architect can draw a single line, he needs to completely understand the
requirements of Hospital in terms of Healthcare Delivery, Equipment and all
needed Engineering services. And when he has provided the design, the
Construction Manager needs to have more details for integrating the Shop
Drawings of Equipment with the Floor Plans.
Thus there has to be a fusion of the wide spectrum of organisational skills,
professional expertise and diverse interests to create a coherent, organised
structure where each provider has adequate freedom to practise his/her skill and
at the same time, his/her work compliments the work of others and leads to
effective Health Care.
All NOUS Healthcare
Plans meet the aspirations of the
community within the specified Budgets and provide all needed Healthcare.
NOUS plans provide the functional
programme based on a multiuse, modular design.
The component modules can be built and commissioned separately yet are complimentary
to each other and functionally integrated to provide Healthcare at all stages.
All commissioned NOUS projects have envisioned the forthcoming
technologies and provided for its integration.
NOUS
Philosophy is to bring stability to programme development,
to planning process and to problem solving and to influence the community in a
positive manner. It is expressed NOUS
philosophy to provide cost effective Healthcare at a cost that the community can
afford. At the same time, the NOUS operational systems insure
continuous development of the Human
resource - on Medical and General Staff.
NOUS
Hospital Consultants provide the "Dis-interested party"
review to the Planning and Design process and a "Visionary Approach" for
Implementation Process.
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