Media Release

Mangaluru, Apr 1: AJ Hospital & Research Centre has earned yet another laurel. AJ Hospital received the much coveted quality award of India 'Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Trophy' recently in Mumbai from the hands of Dr Mashelkar, national research professor, recipient of Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awards in the midst of country’s top business heads and research scholars.

Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality award is constituted by Indian Merchant Chamber, one of the oldest and most reputable organizations. Most of the top business companies are part of this organization. This award constituted to recognize the quality conscious organizations across Asia.

This award is selected with a stringent process which is spread over 9 months. Industry leaders' assessment and finally jury selects the shortlisted organization for the award. This year, there were about 200 applications for this national quality award across different industries. It's an honour that AJ Hospital has been recognized at the national level for its commitment towards quality in healthcare.

Also, AJ Hospital is the first hospital in Dakshina Kannada and the 5th hospital in entire Karnataka to be awarded the 'Nursing Excellence' certificate by the NABH. This is awarded looking at the quality of care given to the patients, patient safety protocols, Infection control protocols and clinical outcome.

Both these awards are bagged because of the committed staff who always want to deliver quality care to the patients across all the sections of the society and make AJ Hospital as the safest hospital for the patient to be.