Pune: 37 Private Hospitals get notices over regulatory violations

The move follows an extensive inspection campaign conducted across the city to assess compliance among medical establishments registered with the civic body. During the biannual exercise, carried out between July 1 and December 31, 2025, teams examined nearly 350 hospitals and nursing homes spread across 15 municipal wards, focusing on standards related to fire preparedness, sanitation, patient entitlements, record maintenance, and overall quality of services, reports Hindustan Times.

Authorities reported that frequent lapses included the lack of a valid fire clearance, failure to display patients’ rights prominently, absence of approved treatment rate charts, unavailability of grievance registers, and irregularities in the appointment of nursing personnel contrary to stipulated norms.

Dr Suryakant Devkar, Assistant Health Officer of the PMC, pointed out that in many cases, important aspects such as doctors’ qualifications, grievance redressal details, and contact numbers are often not clearly stated by the hospital. “Healthcare facilities are required to clearly display the patients’ rights, treatment tariff and grievance mechanisms. Fire safety compliance is non-negotiable,” Dr Devkar said. 

Dr Devkar also added that hospitals have been given one month to complete the compliance as per the notice. After the complete report is submitted, the hospitals will again undergo inspection, and strict action will be taken against them as per the provisions of the Nursing Home Act in case of any lack in compliance.

Dr Sanjay Patil, national secretary, Hospital Board of India, told The Daily, “All mandatory compliance has been completed by all the hospitals in the city, which is carried out during registration of the hospital. The procedure for getting an online fire NOC is tedious, as most of the time, the website is not operational. The treatment tariff requested by the PMC doctors during inspection has no uniformity, and as per the rules, only 16 treatment tariffs should be displayed. The PMC should work as a facilitator for effective implementation and compliance with the Nursing Home Act.”

Among 850 nursing homes and hospitals registered with the PMC, notices have been served to many hospitals by the ward medical officers post inspection, as they were found violating norms. However, many private hospitals in the city are yet to be inspected. Earlier last year, all 850 facilities registered with it between January and June 2025 were screened, and 91 errant private hospitals received notice. Previously, Medical Dialogues reported that as part of its month-long comprehensive inspection drive, the PMC health department issued show-cause notices to seven private hospitals in the city for failing to meet the standard healthcare norms.