明日のICUを築く | N18M
building tomorrow’s ICU. Hello and welcome to our special episode building tomorrow’s ICU. A show where we explore the innovations shaping the future of healthcare in India. I am Radika Sa and today we are focusing on a project that’s changing the way we look at critical care. A landmark 1,200 bed facility at Yashoda Medic City in Indrauram. The hospital features one of South Asia’s first 250 bedded modular ICU setups, one of the largest of its kind in the country. Built in collaboration with global medical technology leader Drager. So in this episode, we’ll uncover the big vision behind Yashoda Medicity. understand how this partnership with Drager made it possible and look at the technology training and patient impact that sets this hospital apart. And of course, we’ll also discuss what this means for the future of Indian healthcare. So joining me today are two leaders behind this story. Dr. Upasna Aurora, CEO and managing director of Yashoda Medicity and Mr. Dr. Charlene Patel, CEO of Drager Asia Pacific and MD Drager India. Welcome to the show. Thank you. So let me begin by asking you Dr. Opasa. Now Yashoda Medicity is one of the most ambitious healthc care projects in North India. So what was the big vision behind setting up building this future ready facility and also how does it reflect Yashodha’s evolving role in Indian healthcare? Actually Yeshoda is uh my mother-in-law’s name who expired because of cancer and in her memory we wanted to create an institute which is going to cater you know years after years. We have a big facility latest technology even helipad facilities al also available. Reason behind this I am basically known for uh patient centric approach and I always want to keep my patient safe in hospital. So that is how this picture came into my mind that we should uh make drager our partner and they have made our ICUs our OTS and all our mgps uh mgps means medical gas uh pipelines and same time we are using lots of things from uh drager like anesthesia and ventilator. This hospital is a futuristic hospital totally digital and because they have provided us uh that kind of technologies so that our doctors if they are not in the hospital and their patient is admitted in ICU there are two kind of doctors in a hospital. One who is always in uh present in the ICU we call them you know critical care expert or anesthesist and there are doctors who are their consultant main consultant. they can see their patients all vitals on their devices. So everybody who is working for that patient is always aware how their patient is working on and I’m thankful to drag that they have actually helped us to create this wonderful facility. Dr. Pasna that’s definitely a powerful vision which needed the right partner and that’s where Drager India comes in. Mr. Dr. Patel, what makes this collaboration with Yeshoda Medicity so special? Well, first of all, thank you for having me and also thank you for that opportunity to partner with you. Um for us this was really an opportunity to do something transformational um in the Indian healthcare landscape in a partnership with Yashoda and uh you know we were looking for benchmarking and showing what is possible um in India and how we can take health care and in particular operating theaters and ICUs to the next level. um where Drager for 134 years has been contributing and where today um we continue to contribute and the close collaboration, the alignment with the vision um that was the real opportunity for us and we could really um showcase what is possible, how to improve health care and what else can be done to improve patient outcome. Well, vision is one thing but making it a reality is the real challenge. Uh Dr. Upasna, it’s a huge facility and it must be a really really challenging task for you. Take us through that journey right from planning to execution and just highlight some of the key features of this ICU facility. So I must tell you that it was not an easy task for us as it’s a husband wife duo. There is not many people are involved in this uh project. Any patient is coming in. There is MRI available, CT available, eco available, ultrasound available, X-ray available, everything under one roof. And there is an ICU also attached to the emergency. So if somebody who got uh a stroke or heart attack, they can treat there. They should not go to the radiology especially for any test. And there is a lift also available to take them to um Kath lab, OT and DSA lab. So purpose was to save the golden hours but now we could save golden minutes also when things come to patient safety. I was always there to tell that I really want my patient should not get any hi hospital acquired infection. So we have made bets according to our needs and they helped us in that that there has to be a uh particular difference between two beds. If there is a need of a you know negative pressure or positive pressure they have made that there is a partition also if some infected patient is there there is a separate room for isolation room is also in ICUs. So there are many things which was just you can say lots of discussions lots of thoughts uh we were sitting we were discussing and then we could make this possible I tried to make this hospital is stressfree but acute with latest technology well thought out and patient centric ICU so let’s elaborate a little bit on the technology part of it what makes it so special what special technology that you’ve used in this specific ICU So Driga Driger stands for technology for life. Yeah. And technology for life is not only about certain devices whether it’s a ventilator or anesthesia machine. It actually starts with infrastructure. Um and basic infrastructure is a stable and consistent gas supply. Yeah. And clean gas as well. So um we in our partnership that’s where we really started and say okay let’s let’s start with the basics let’s make sure with the Drager um MGPS um we are able to supply gas and that consistently and always at 100% plus um that’s a starting point yeah then we look at preventing infection so when we look at for example um operating theaters and the walls and the panels Um the solutions that we were able to provide um make absolutely sure that there are no cavities, there’s no areas where bacterias or other things can accumulate which eventually lead to um some level of infection as well. And then from there it really goes into um operating light. Um from there then to um devices like um anesthesia devices or ventilators where again Drager is actually um invented most of these more than 100 years ago. Dr. Pasma coming back to you looking ahead which emerging technologies you know like AI monitoring or maybe data analytics or remote ICU management do you think will become essential in critical care in the long term? Government is trying to provide help to each and everyone and they started this Aayishwan Bharat also but you know manpower is not that much sufficient for India because we have large population so these kind of facilities are now we are able to provide them through tele medicine through ICU EICU what is happening like uh in some places especially I’m talking about um rural areas there there are few doctors who are working and who are taking care of sick patient also but there is a need of some expert so we can provide them all those uh uh you know expertise from here through tele medicine thing or they can guide them how to go further even in our operation theaters which made by dragger we have a big monitors where we can connect with the anywhere in the world it’s not India. If we really want to showcase our work somewhere, we can direct telecast that operation. If my doctor wants to get some advice from somebody in America, he can that doctor can join in and he can guide him. So these kind of technology is going to be very very essential after some time because you know how many doctors we can generate. These days every district has a medical college and we are trying to provide more doctors, more nurses but still population is also growing. So if some hospitals can handhold the nearby small cities or small villages it is going to be very beneficial for the government also like in Yeshoda we are going to handhold our district hospital. We will provide them all these facility in niku in ICU. Niku means neon natal ICU where newborn babies we are keeping. So these kind of things are boon for those who are not getting any kind of help or they are not having these uh you know high-end technologies. We can provide them such kind of guidance from here. My doctors can go them to train them and then they can talk to them through uh these monitors. they can uh my doctors can also watch all the vitals of the patient and then tell them this is a critical time you have to intervene. So these things are very essential and after some time I am all the time talking to the government that all big hospitals should handhold a small CSC, PSC nearby small hospitals so that everybody should get that kind of technology which big hospitals are using for their patient because health for everyone has to be in India. That is my dream. Absolutely. What a wonderful thought and uh Mr. Patil technology is one thing but you need the right manpower to actually leverage it right. So how did you educate the doctors and nurses at Yoda Medicity? We have a vertical called Driga Academy and in Driger Academy we um train um all the nurses, all the health care practitioners um on our devices on the technology on how it can also support tele medicine in terms of interoperability connected devices. So all this training is provided. Um we also um have recently launched a virtual reality training. So again trying to increase our reach because obviously all the healthcare practitioners are very busy. So to take them out on the daily um routine and then to train them is sometimes a challenge as well just from a time management point of view. So we’ve come up with modules which are based on virtual reality where the usage of the technology that we provide can be trained, optimized and improved as well. Well, that’s such a great initiative. Well, on that note, it’s time for a short break. We’ve seen how vision and technology came together to create the state-of-the-art facility. But after the break, we’ll talk about what this means for patients health care access and the future of critical care in India. So stay tuned. Building tomorrow’s ICU. Welcome back. We are in conversation with Dr. Pasna Aurora of Yashoda Medicity and Mr. Shalin Patel of Drager India discussing one of the most advanced hospital facilities in the country and its impact on healthcare. Dr. Aasa we already discussed in our previous segment what are the key features of this ICU and the vision behind it. Now tell me something how is this ICU actually transforming health care uh when it comes to the underserved communities. Can you share some cases? Yeshoda is uh part of Aishwan Bharat also and as well as we are part of TBL nation of India. Underprivileged people are coming to our place and we are providing them free of cost. We are going to handhold this district hospital where these underprivileged people are coming and they are getting treatment. So we are going to give them this facility that they can get that high-end ICU care in a district hospital. If you talk about cases, so all those cases which we are running Yeshoda hospital Kashambi from last 18 years. We are not treating only one person in a hospital. We are treating whole family. We are giving them assurance that you will be fine. So infrastructure, technology and emotional attachment all three things has to go together hand in hand only then you can provide best healthcare. That’s such a beautiful thought uh that you’re taking care of the small details also in the hospital. Now coming to you Mr. Patel, is this project a model for future collaborations for Drager in India? It absolutely is. It is a benchmark um in the country and not only in the country also in in the on a global level as well. absolutely on par and it’s uh definitely a template as well um for future collaborations. Yeah. And uh the key factors success factors were really um we were um involved right from the beginning. Um the vision was shared by Yosha. Um we looked into it. We were part of co-designing um the overall solutions. Um we were aligned in terms of clinical priorities um and you know making the patient feel good although difficult circumstances but still making them feel good where technology and design can contribute to a certain extent. Um and it was really about building something which is future ready and which is really um the benchmark in the country and not only in the country even on on a global level. It’s truly a benchmark and for your I’m sure it’s just the beginning but what is next from yourodha medicine city are you also planning uh more techdriven facilities in other specialtities maybe our next project is in noa and uh we are going to create bioang there even in this hospital in medicine city also we are providing c uh gene therapy cell therapy cartither therapy which is very helpful for the patients and all these technologies are totally new I am a part of phicco vigilance of India. Yeshoda is authorized center for pharmicovigilance where we define which medicine is harmful for the patient. Then we are sending all the data nearby areas and uh you know government is banning that drug and is starting new drug. So we always want to add value not only limited ourself to the hospital that we are running hospital patients are coming even for our employees also every u day there is a training so I am trying to create lots of more yesha who are equipped with new technology lots of uh you know good infrastructure but same time with human touch also so I am going to make a bio bank and uh different kind of other things. Same time I am going to make one hospital which will be totally swadeshi everything which is made in India. So just because this is a very high-end hospital where people will uh you know come by air and why we have made this helipad to save uh travel time. So the Yashhoda has many plans and uh I think my all my partners they will help me to do and hopefully Drager is now also involved in other projects also. They have we have one uh uh IVF center in East Delhi where Drager has made our uh OT. So now we are going to make more OT’s in this hospital city also. So we have many uh plans in pipeline which we are going to start from 2026. Great Dr. Pasa. I think the country definitely needs more thought leaders, doctors like you. Okay. So now let’s take a step back and look at India’s healthcare from a global perspective. Now as someone leading operations across Asia-Pacific, Mr. Patel, tell us what excites you most about India’s healthcare landscape and what is in future from Drago India. Drager is um extremely committed to India. Um we also are in the process of expanding our local manufacturing. So we are actually setting up and scaling up our R&D facilities here in India and one of the first um products um that will be launched in India end of next year in 26 is the first anesthesia device developed by local R&D team in India and it will be manufactured in India. We are also focusing on um NICUs and we are looking at neonatal and with that um we have actually partnered up with the Bill and Meinda Gates Foundation where um in 26 we will launch a CPAP device which is um a very basic ventilator for neonates. Um this ventilator is um obviously developed um by Drager with the support of the Gates Foundation and uh will be manufactured in India 100% and will be launched next year as well and should contribute to saving lives of newborns in particular in tier 2 and tier three cities in remote areas of the country. Well, that’s amazing work that Drager is doing and thank you Dr. Pasna. Thank you Mr. Patil and all the best for all your future endeavors. It’s been truly inspiring to see how vision technology and collaboration can come together to reshape critical care in India. A big thank you to Dr. Pasna and Mr. Patel for joining us and sharing their journey. That’s it for today on our special episode building tomorrow’s ICU. I’m Radhika Sa and we’ll be back next time with more such stories of innovation shaping the future of healthcare. Until then, thank you for watching. Building tomorrow’s ICU.
Join Dr. Upasana Arora (CEO & MD, Yashoda Medicity) and Shalin Patel (CEO, Dräger Asia Pacific & MD, Dräger India) as they discuss healthcare innovation, technology, and the future of patient care in India and beyond. #Healthcare #YashodaMedicity #Dräger #HealthTech #FutureOfHealthcare
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