Hospital Administration

CURRICULUM VITAE

Malaviarachchcige Aruna Devanmini Rabel

No. 529 / 13, Cambridge Terrace

Lake Road

Battaramulla

Sri Lanka

Mobile no : +94-773-******

Home no : +94-112-******

E – mail : **********@*****.***

CURRENT POSITION

Director – Medical Services, Hemas Hospitals ( Pvt ) Ltd.

- October 2008 to date

Hemas Hospitals Group currently owns and operates two private hospitals

in Sri Lanka and will be establishing 2 more hospitals by 2013.

( www.hemashospitals.com )

Hemas is the first hospital chain in Sri Lanka to obtain an International

Accreditation and accredited by Australian Council on Health Standards in

2011.

Hemas Group is one of the largest diversified business conglomerates in

Sri Lanka. ( www.hemas.com )

Roles and Responsibilities

Operational Business Head for both hospitals under Hemas Hospitals and heads the management teams of both hospitals while directly reporting to the Chairman of the hospitals group.

Direct reports – Heads of Medical Services, Nursing, Laboratory, Human Resources, Facilities & Engineering and Marketing

Responsible for overall quality and safety of delivery of healthcare and chairing the Quality Improvement Committee ( QuIC )

Setting up, implementation and review of all the policies, protocols and guidelines related to patient care and general administration

Convener of all the committees related to care delivery such as Medical Advisory Committee, Drugs and Therapeutic Committee, Adverse Events Review Committee and Credentialing Committee

Training of Nurses – there are 200 pupil nurses currently undergoing training ( 3 year diploma ) under Hemas Hospitals

Development of other Allied Healthcare Categories

Coordination of visiting Medical Specialists

Coordination with Regulatory and statuary bodies such as Ministry of Health, Private Healthcare Institution Regulatory Council, Local Health Authorities and Local Government

Clinical Risk Management

Special Projects

Led the project team to obtain Australian Council on Healthcare Standards Accreditation for both hospitals ( 2010 – 2011)

Instrumental in setting up of Adverse Event Reporting and Review system at Hemas Hospitals. Trained and developed a Cross – Functional Team and it was the first such team in a Sri Lankan hospital ( 2009 )

Instrumental in setting up a partnership programme to train nurses for Hemas Hospitals under Open University of Sri Lanka ( Public – Private Partnership ) and it was the first such programme in Sri Lanka ( 2010 )

Leading the team for expansion of diagnostic laboratory services by setting up a chain of branch laboratories and sample collection centres

Other Positions

International Hospital Surveyor – Australian Council on Healthcare Standards ( 2010 to date)

Council Member – Sri Lanka Medical Council ( appointed in 2011 )

Council Member – Private Healthcare Institutions Regulatory Council of Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka ( 2006 to date )

Member – Board of Study on Medical Administration, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2009 to date)

Editor – Association of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes, Sri Lanka ( 2008 to date )

Member – National Anti TB Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

Executive Committee Member and Management Committee Member – Sri Lanka College of Medical Administrators

Member – Joint Committee for Patient Safety, College of General

Practitioners, Sri Lanka

WORK EXPERIENCE:

01.Medical Administration Manager – Durdans Hospital, Colombo

May 2004 to September 2008

Overall in - charge of all routine operations of Durdans Hospital and

Durdans Heart Centre except for finance, marketing, transport and security.

Durdans Hospital is one of the largest private hospitals in Colombo with a

bed capacity of 160 at that time and now being expanded to 320 beds. It

operates the busiest Cardiac Centre in the country.

Was responsible for delivery of quality health care, all aspects of

patient care, training of Nursing and other para medical staff,

management of pharmaceutical stores

Was responsible for all the matters related to medical, nursing and

para – medical care.

Management of all bio – medical equipment.

Played a key role in planning and designing of the expansion

project

02. Medical Officer – Planning, Tertiary Care Services Unit, Ministry of

Health, Sri Lanka January to April 2004

Responsible for planning for infrastructure development, human resources

and quality assurance under the supervision of Director – Tertiary Care.

Tertiary care unit covers all the Teaching Hospitals, General Hospitals and

The National Hospital of Sri Lanka.

03.Senior House Officer – Cardio Thoracic Unit, National Hospital of

Sri Lanka, Colombo. August 1995 to December 2003

Apart from clinical responsibilities actively involved in re – organizing the

Unit, establishing the first ever high – dependency unit in NHSL,

Coordinating expatriate Cardiac Teams visiting NHSL such as Children’s

Heart Project from Phoenix, USA, Guy’s Hospital Cardiac Team from UK

and Oxford Hospital Team from UK .

NHSL is the largest hospital in Sri Lanka with 2500 beds and performed

more than 800 Cardiac Operations a year at that time.

04. Senior House Officer in Cardio Thoracic Surgery,

Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital, Kotte

August 1993 to August 1995

05. Medical Officer OPD – Base Hospital, Nawalapitiya.

April to August 1993

06. Intern House Officer – Base Hospital, Wathupitiwala

April 1992 to April 1993

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

2009 – 2011 : Master in Business Administration

( pending final results )

Post Graduate Institute of Management

University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka.

2003 – 2004 : M.Sc ( Medical Administration )

Post Graduate Institute of Medicine

University of Colombo

1986 – 1991 : MBBS

China Medical University, Shen Yang

Peoples’ Republic of China

REGISTRATION : Sri Lanka Medical Council, No – 10920

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

01. Hospital Surveyor Training – Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, Sydney, Australia ( 2010 )

02. Strategic Management in Health Care – 2 weeks training programme

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabhad, India - 2004

03. Diploma in Chinese Language – Beijing Languages Institute, 1985 / 86

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluent in English

Fluent in Mandarin ( Chinese )

Fluent in Sinhalese ( Mother tongue )

Understand Tamil

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

01.Public – Private Partnership, A Model for South Asia

South Asian Regional Conference on Health Care Management – 2005.

Bhutan

02.Public – Private Partnership, Sri Lankan Experience

Conference on Strategic Issues in Health Management. 2005

Ahmedabhad, India

03.Critical Analysis of Over Time in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Annual Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Medical Administrators -2004

04.Role of the Private Sector in Delivery of Health Care in Sri Lanka

Annual Health Forum of Sri Lanka - 2007

05.Patient Safety in Sri Lanka – An Introduction, and Patient Safety in an

Institutional Primary Care Setting

Annual Sessions – Sri Lanka Medical Association 2008

06. Public – Private Partnership – Sri Lankan Experience

A publication of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabhad – 2008

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS PARTICIPATED

01. ISQua 2011- Annual Congress of International Society on Quality of

Healthcare – Hong Kong

02. Hospital Management Asia – 2004 , Bangkok, Thailand

03. South Asian Regional Conference in Health Care Management – 2005,

Paro, Bhutan

04. Hospital Management Asia – 2006, Singapore

05. Hospital Management Asia – 2007, Thailand

06. Update on Clinical Practice – 2008 Shenyang, China

POSITIONS HELD & COMMITTES SERVED

01. Member – Task Force for Human Resources Development in Health Care

Services, Ministry of Health

02. Visiting Lecturer – University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

03. Visiting Lecturer – Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration

(SLIDA)

04. Visiting Lecturer – Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo

05. Social Secretary – Sri Lanka Medical Association – 2005

06. Asst. Secretary – Sri Lanka Medical Association – 2004

07. Joint Secretary and Vice President

– Ananda College Old Boys’ Association 2002 – 2008

SPECIAL INTERESTS AND RESEARCH AREAS

01.Patient Safety through Quality Care

Has taken initiative to introduce several patient safety measures to enhance quality of Patient Care at Durdans Hospital, perhaps for the first time in Sri Lanka

02.Public – Private Partnership

Few papers presented on effective and efficient sharing of resources, in international conferences on Health Care Management

03.Application of Health Management Information Systems

Actively involved in implementation of ERP System in Durdans Hospital which is the first ever hospital in Sri Lanka to establish HIMS.

04.Heritage, Wild Life and Photography

05.Education Systems in Sri Lanka

PERSONAL DETAILS

FULL NAME : Malaviarachchige Aruna Devanmini Rabel

COMMONLY USED NAME : Dr. Aruna Rabel

SEX : Male

Marital Status : Married

DATE OF BIRTH : 09th August 1965

HOME ADDRESS : No. 529/13, Cambridge Terrace, Lake Road

Battaramulla, Sri Lanka

CONTACT NUMBERS : + 94 – 11 – 2796004 ( Home )

+ 94 – 77 – 3745880 ( mobile )

E-MAIL : **********@*****.***

SCHOOL ATTENDED : Ananda College, Colombo

Non – Related Referees

01. Mr. Murtaza Esufally

Chairman

Hemas Hospitals ( Pvt ) Ltd

No. 389, Negombo Road

Wattala, Sri Lanka.

Mobile : +94-777-******

e- mail : *******@*****.***

02. Mr. Samantha Ranatunga

Managing Director / CEO

CIC Holdings PLC.

No. 199, Kew Road

Colombo 02, Sri Lanka.

Mobile : +94-777-******

e-mail : ********@***.**

03. Dr. P.G. Maheepala

Additional Secretary of Health Services

Ministry of Health

Baddegema Wimalawansa Mawatha

Colombo 10, Sri Lanka

Office : +94-112-******

Mobile : +94-714-******

04. Dr. Desmond Yen

Executive Director – International Business

The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

5, Macarthur Street

Ultimo, NSW, Australia

Mobile (AUS): +61-419-***-*** Mobile (HK): +852-****-****

E – mail : ****@****.***.**

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