Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 9: Professor (Dr) AK Gupta, Head Department of Hospital Administration, Sub-Dean (Registrar) and Medical Superintendent in the PGIMER Chandigarh, who hails from Jammu, today completed 25 years of service as the Medical Superintendent.
He had started his academic career as Faculty at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 1988 and later joined the PGIMER Chandigarh in January 1996.
He rose to the ranks of Medical Superintendent and Head of Hospital Administration in one of the most prestigious health institutions of the country.
“It has been a long, fulfilling and fruitful journey, replete with challenges, pressures, yet great satisfaction,” Prof Gupta told the Excelsior on completion of his 25 years at PGIMER Chandigarh. He started his academic career as faculty at AIIMS, New Delhi, in 1988 and later joined PGIMER, Chandigarh.
He is known as ‘Teacher of Teachers’ in the PGIMER Chandigarh and was instrumental in developing the Department of Hospital Administration with his team. He was responsible for starting Post-Graduate course in Hospital Administration at PGI Chandigarh and guided more than 40 PGs from his department.
“Nothing can be achieved alone, when you take people with you, only then you get success. As I look back at my time and work here, I can say with pride that I have worked beyond the call of duty, with integrity and can withstand any pressure,’’ Prof Gupta said.
He was also instrumental in mobilizing teams, supplies, implementation of various orders and ensuring seamless coordination among departments including during COVID-19 pandemic.
Prof Gupta has to his credit more than 100 scientific papers on hospital administration.
He has piloted innovative health information management software ‘decision support system’ for optimising average length of stay for patients in the hospital, thereby decreasing costs and increasing turnover at PGIMER, Chandigarh.
A unique initiative by Prof Gupta was to establish a facility to give expert opinion by doctors in judicial process through video conferencing (Tele Evidence), which has been taken up as a project to be replicated at the national level by the Government of India. “Significant increase in the number of eye donations and cadaveric organ donations in the institute which bestowed vision to the blind and a new lease of life to many in need is close to my heart,” he said.
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