Joint Certification Programme to increase fire safety awareness at hospitals MoU signed by Chola MS Risk Services and CAHO

Kolkata/Chennai, April 20, 2018: Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited and the Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations (CAHO) signed a memorandum of understanding to provide a state of the art certification programme on Fire Safety and Emergency Preparedness to healthcare organizations in India. The programme is expected to reach around 40,000 hospitals in India in the next eighteen months

With this programme, we will address much of the gaps in knowledge and systems that hospitals face today in the areas of fire prevention, protection and preparedness.  Critical concepts will be taught through use of simulations and innovative use of Virtual Reality Technology. Participants, (including doctors, nurses and support staff) successfully completing these programmes will be issued a joint certificate from both organizations.

Speaking about the MoU, Dr.Vijay Aggarwal, President CAHO, said “Our mission has always been to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare services across India especially by bringing affordable solutions in collaboration with stakeholders and industry leaders.  Therefore we believe that this alliance with Chola MS Risk Services will further consolidate our safety offerings to hospitals”

Mr.N.V.Subbaroa, CE of Chola MS Risk Services, said “We are happy to associate with CAHO in their safety initiative. In most fire accident cases, the difference is being prepared. Through this certification programme, we hope to educate the participants on fire safety norms and mitigation measures. Considering our 23 years’ experience, our work in the design of fire protection and detection systems, and having done over 600 building safety audits, fire hazard management and trainings, we are confident we will be able to add tremendous value to hospitals’ in fire safety management.”

Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited is part of the INR 300 Billion Murugappa Group, and a 50:50 joint venture with the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, Japan, offering comprehensive risk management and engineering solutions. With two decades of experience and over 8500 consulting projects across 42 industrial sectors, the company offers best-in-class services to organizations to optimize their EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) performance and set new benchmarks in safety performance.

The Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations (CAHO) is a not-for-profit society. The primary objective of CAHO is to promote collaboration among accredited hospitals and laboratories to initiate efforts to improve healthcare quality in India and to promote quality management.