Bhubaneswar, 10-09-2026 —
Certification is easy to announce and hard to earn twice. Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital (HMCH), a 935-bed multi-specialty teaching hospital in Bhubaneswar, has renewed its certification from the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), a constituent board of the Quality Council of India.
Certificate No. PEH-2024-2457 is valid from July 14, 2026, through July 13, 2028. The renewal, scoped to the hospital’s Bhubaneswar campus, followed a full re-assessment against NABH’s Entry Level Hospital Standards: patient care protocols, infection control, staff competency, facility safety, and governance, all measured against evidence, not intent.
That distinction matters. A first certification tests whether a hospital can build the right systems. A renewal tests whether those systems survived contact with two years of actual patient volume.
What This Renewal Means for You
Accreditation is abstract until you translate it into what changes at the bedside. For patients and families at HMCH, this renewal means:
- Independent verification, not self-reporting. The hospital’s patient care protocols, infection control practices, and safety systems were re-assessed by external NABH surveyors, not audited internally and taken on faith.
- A standard with its own oversight. NABH’s own standards are accredited by the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), so the yardstick HMCH was measured against itself independently checked.
- Consistency, not a one-time push. A renewal tests whether protocols held up across two years of real patient volume, not just whether they looked good on the day of the original assessment.
- A campus-specific commitment. This certification applies to the Bhubaneswar campus, where the re-assessment was actually conducted.
That is a second layer of scrutiny most hospitals never volunteer for.
The numbers behind the renewal give some sense of scale. Over 28+ years, HMCH has grown to 935 beds, including 256 ICU beds across 10 specialized units, and has completed more than 4,000 joint replacement surgeries. Its Cardiology department was ranked No. 1 in Odisha at the Times Health Icons Odisha 2026 awards, one indicator of what the hospital’s quality systems produce in a single department.
About Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital: HMCH is a multi-specialty teaching hospital in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, operated by Vigyan Bharati Charitable Trust, with 935 beds and 256 ICU beds across 10 specialized units.
About NABH: The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) is a constituent board of the Quality Council of India. It sets and assesses quality and patient-safety standards for healthcare organizations across India and is itself accredited by the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua).