Hospital Doctors Don the Manager's Robes ; a Large Number of Doctors Are Enrolling in Management Schools to Take Advantage of Opportunities Offered by the Fast-Growing Healthcare Industry for Medical Specialists.

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At Kadavanthara in Kochi, Biju Mohandas, India business manager for the Acumen (venture) Fund, is busy wrapping up a Rs 4.4-crore deal with AyurVAID Hospitals, to set up a chain of ayurvedic hospitals across the country.

The due diligence checklist that he uses includes crucial aspects related to hospital management and medical protocol. Most of these are issues which only either a doctor or someone who has experience in managing hospitals can address.

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Hospital Doctors Don the Manager's Robes ; a Large Number of Doctors Are Enrolling in Management Schools to Take Advantage of Opportunities Offered by the Fast-Growing Healthcare Industry for Medical Specialists.

That's not a problem for Mohandas-who joined the venture capital firm just about a year back-as he is a qualified doctor. And it is for this very reason that he was picked for the job-combining a doctor's knowledge with the business and financial acumen of a management professional.

Mohandas received an MBA from the Ind...

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