First: Medical Council to soon regulate hospitals, take action in Tamil Nadu
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Chennai: In a First for any state medical council, the Tamil Nadu Medical Council is now in the process of generating minimum standard protocols to be followed by all the hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and labs and at the same time, empowering itself to take action against errant hospitals. The move comes in the wake of a High court direction that asked the council to increase its mandate and bring hospitals,nursing homes and clinics under its focus
TOI reports that with an aim to enforce quality standards on all hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and labs in the state, the Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) has been narrowing down a set of guidelines, minimum standards protocol to be followed by all the hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and labs. The council is also in the process of getting powers to take action against hospitals in case these guidelines are violated Till now the main mandate of the council has been to regulate the functioning of doctors, it will soon set up a committee in order to frame guidelines that will empower them to pull up hospitals too.
TOI reports that with an aim to enforce quality standards on all hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and labs in the state, the Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) has been narrowing down a set of guidelines, minimum standards protocol to be followed by all the hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and labs. The council is also in the process of getting powers to take action against hospitals in case these guidelines are violated Till now the main mandate of the council has been to regulate the functioning of doctors, it will soon set up a committee in order to frame guidelines that will empower them to pull up hospitals too.
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