HC stays Nagpur Municipal Corporation's evacuation order Against Meditrina Hospital

The civic body had deemed the hospital unsafe due to alleged fire safety violations and ordered its immediate evacuation.Challenging this directive, Meditrina Hospital filed a petition in the High Court, arguing against the evacuation order. 

Hearing the case, a division bench comprising Justice Nitin Suryawanshi and Justice Praveen Patil issued a notice to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, instructing it to present its response by March 17, reports Nagpur Today. Meanwhile, the court granted an interim stay on the enforcement of the evacuation directive.

According to the Daily, the NMC Fire Department has accused the hospital of neglecting fire safety norms for the past 13 years, leading to the decision to declare the building hazardous. The corporation contends that the hospital’s failure to implement adequate safety measures posed a risk to patients and staff. Representing Meditrina Hospital, Advocate Anoop Gilda argued in court against the evacuation notice, securing temporary relief until the matter is further examined. The case is now set for further hearing, with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation required to submit its justification for the order before the deadline.

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued a show cause notice to a private hospital in Baner after the hospital was found to be flouting many mandatory rules, including a valid fire no-objection certificate (NOC), proper display of the patient’s rights charter, and so on. The notice comes as part of a special inspection drive initiated by the public health department. The PMC began inspecting 850 nursing homes and hospitals registered under its jurisdiction. Among these, Healing Hands Clinic, a NABH-accredited speciality hospital, was also scrutinized.