MM hospital gets NABH accreditation

Tribune News Service

Solan, July 9

Maharishi Markandeshwar (MM) Hospital, Kumarhatti, has received the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals accreditation, which is the highest body which monitors hospital quality and safety standards.

It is the second hospital in the state to attain this accreditation. MM medical college is the lone such college to get this accreditation in the state. “It is a 810-bed tertiary care hospital providing services in all specialties besides RT-PCR lab (accredited by NABL) and 24-hour emergency, besides intensive care units, 10 operation theatres and labour room services. The hospital also organizes regular health camps in rural areas of Solan, Sirmour and Shimla districts,” informed the registrar Ajay Singal.

During Covid pandemic it worked as the only tertiary level Covid treatment centre with intensive care and high dependency unit in the area. “We have treated around 1,000 Covid positive patients with highest recovery rate in the state,” added Singal.