New Philip Hospital Chairperson receives WIM–IFC Business Role Model Gold award
Women in Management (WIM) in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has recognized and awarded the Business Role Model Gold award to Kalutara New Philip Hospital Chairperson and Managing Director Indrani Fernando, in recognition of her outstanding contribution and leadership in developing and taking healthcare at New Philip Hospital to the next level.
Fernando imbibed an attitude of love and care in the services offered by New Philip Hospital, aptly naming it ‘Where caring comes first’. Along with high-quality healthcare, professional yet compassionate behaviour, New Philip Hospital extends a comfortable environment to patients and their relatives, especially those who are in a new environment, where they are made to feel at home. She has toiled hard to improve the information system and all facilities at New Philip Hospital, thus enabling the installation of modern equipment and instrumentation.
Fernando is focussed on creating a nurses training school, absorbing the best pool of talent from and around all girls’ schools in the Kalutara District. Committed to providing the best healthcare to the patients, Fernando procured highly sensitive state-ofthe-art equipment, along with the assistance of medical specialists in various branches. Under her leadership, New Philip Hospitals together with ‘Philip Lab’ and ‘Philip Health Care’ continued expanding
Fernando is the first Vice Chairperson of Women’s Chamber of Industries and Commerce, Vice President of the Association of Private Hospitals and also a senior member of the Private Healthcare Services Regulatory Council, which is attached to the Health Ministry of Sri Lanka. She is the Recipient of many local and international awards.
It is indeed true that during times of financial constraints, a patient may need to cut down on luxury indulgences but can hardly compromise on his medical needs. Healthcare has become a basic necessity for all of us. Fernando is very much aware of this fact. As such, she has developed a business model that helps people across different income groups to obtain treatment at New Philip Hospital at a very affordable cost.