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One of India’s most trusted super specialty healthcare chains, Paras Health  has expanded its corporate family by making two crucial new appointments to its top ranks to help the healthcare company into a new phase of growth.

Dr. Jatinder Kumar has been appointed as Group Medical Director while Mr. Viresh Mina has been appointed as the new Group Head – Human Resources.

As Group Medical Director of the healthcare company that currently runs 3 super specialty hospitals across the country and 2 hospitals under the new venture Paras Bliss, Dr Kumar’s core responsibility includes improving medical care and clinical services such as cost management, utilization reviews, quality assurance, medical protocol development and maintaining quality of medical services as the healthcare corporate expands its presence to other centres in the country.

On the other hand, Mr. Mina will be expected to ensure a good flow of medical talent and expertise across the hospitals and ensure the best doctors and medical staff join the growing hospital chain.

According to Dr. Dharminder Nagar, Managing Director, Paras Health, “The group is pleased to welcome positive and talented individuals into the growing Paras Health family. We value the space we occupy in the collective conscious of the Indian people and amongst our well-wishers. With Paras set to increase its footprint to 2000 beds in the next five years, manpower and medical processes are two essential components for our growth. The new corporate structuring shall empower and support the units.”

Dr. Jatinder Kumar did his MBBS from IMS – BHU in the year 1973; Masters in Surgery in the year 1978 from IMS – BHU and M.Ch. (Neurosurgery) from AIIMS New Delhi in the year 1989.He has over 35 years of clinical experience and prominently worked as Neurosurgeon. He has worked with several hospitals, viz., G.B Pant Hospital, RML Hospital, AIIMS, St. Stephan’s Hospital, Max Balaji Hospital in Delhi, Kailash Hospital-Noida, Vimhans Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi are the names of few. He was also instrumental in the initial project phase of Paras Hospitals, Gurgaon.

Mr. Viresh Mina has over 14 years of experience of leading & participating in Human Resource teams across industries like Human Resources Consulting, Telecom, Pharmaceutical, Media, etc. He has worked across assignments touching all aspects of employee life cycle management including Talent Acquisition and Management, Organization Development, Employee Engagement, Performance Management and Capability Building. He has worked with renowned organizations like Ernst & Young (EY), Times of India, Idea Cellular (An Aditya Birla Group Company) to name a few. Prior to joining Paras Hospitals, he was associated with Ernst & Young as Senior Manager – People Advisory Services.

“Along with clinical aspects, I specialize in the organization and delivery of health care services in India. Paras Health is a strong brand for the common man as it provides world class facilities at affordable cost. It represents a free-spirit which is loved both by the masses as well as the classes. As a new Medical Director it shall be my endeavor to streamline the clinical processes further, introduce more specialties in the units and ensure that quality medical professionals join the institution that has affordability, accessibility and quality as its three tenets for healthcare,” highlights Dr. Jatinder Kumar.

Mr Viresh Mina, who has held strategic positions in various organizations and reputed consulting firms in the past also added, “Paras Health’s role in the hospital industry is exceptionally challenging. We aim to provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare at locations where the same is scarce or not available. Providing qualified and best manpower is a major challenge. Taking the vision further, Paras Patna has emerged as the largest employer in organized healthcare category in the state of Bihar and we wish that every hospital of Paras not just empowers the common man with specialized healthcare services but also creates exceptional employment opportunities for all. Such responsibilities make Paras Health an organization with a strong social conscious.”

About Paras Heathcare:

Paras Health was started by Paras Hospitals in the year 2006. It is the first super specialty hospital set up in Gurgaon with a dream to provide exceptional medical care to everybody. Paras Hospitals believes in working at the grassroot level with patients and their families. The idea is to provide the highest quality of healthcare that is affordable and accessible to all. By 2020, Paras Health intends to establish tertiary healthcare facilities in other Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities too, to bridge the gap between demand and supply. Five years from now Paras Healthcare targets to have a bed strength of 1500. This year the group revenue is expected to cross 300 crore, and the same is expected to grow to 800-1000 crores within the next 5 years with additional  beds, services and hospitals being added.