About Ahana
Governance provides the accountability, oversight and ethical framework required for safe and reliable mental-healthcare.
Our governance principles
Ahana Hospitals’ governance approach is intended to connect organisational leadership with clinical accountability, patient safety, legal compliance, financial stewardship and continuous improvement.
- Patient welfare and dignity in organisational decisions.
- Defined responsibility and escalation pathways.
- Clinical decisions led by appropriately qualified professionals.
- Monitoring of quality, safety, complaints and corrective actions.
- Responsible use of information, resources and public claims.
Clinical governance
Clinical governance includes professional credentialing, treatment standards, multidisciplinary review, medication safety, infection prevention, incident reporting, documentation, patient feedback and review of outcomes. Policies should be updated as evidence and regulatory requirements change.
Patient safety and rights
Leadership oversight should ensure that care respects privacy, consent, dignity and applicable mental-health law. Concerns, complaints and safety incidents require documented review, proportionate action and learning.
Quality and compliance
Governance includes maintaining statutory registrations and licences, monitoring accreditation requirements where applicable, conducting audits and ensuring that public information accurately reflects current approvals and services.
Research and ethics
Research involving participants requires ethical review, informed consent, protocol compliance, safety reporting, privacy protection and clear separation between clinical care and research participation.
Leadership profiles
Dr. C. Ramasubramanian
Director & Senior Consultant Psychiatrist
Senior psychiatrist with clinical and academic interests spanning community psychiatry, psychosocial rehabilitation, severe mental illness, addiction psychiatry and geriatric mental health.
View profile →Dr. Vikhram Ramasubramanian
CEO / Director / Consultant Psychiatrist
Psychiatrist involved in clinical care, organisational leadership and clinical research, with interests including mood, anxiety, psychotic, addiction, neuropsychiatric and geriatric conditions.
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