Pune: 23 private hospitals get show cause notice for violation of Nursing Home Act

Pune: In violation of the Nursing Home Act and other regulatory norms governing hospitals, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Health Department has taken strict action against 23 private hospitals by issuing them a show cause notice on Friday.

The notices were issued after the PMC health department found that several private hospitals in the city had not renewed their nursing licenses and violated various acts like Maharashtra Nursing Home Registration Act 1949 and Regulations 2021, Bio-Medical Waste Disposal Rules 2016 and Fire Safety Compliance among others.

Therefore, the violations prompted the authorities to inspect private hospitals in the 23 villages that had recently been merged under their jurisdiction. Over 100 hospitals were assessed, leading to 23 private hospitals receiving notices from the department.

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Furthermore, they have asked all hospitals that have received the notice to promptly either complete the required compliance measures or stop admitting patients.

The PMC oversees 899 hospitals that are registered under the Maharashtra Nursing Home Registration Act 1949 and Regulations 2021.

Speaking to HT, a senior doctor from PMC on condition of anonymity, said, "Over 100 hospitals in these 23 merged villages like Wagholi, Mhalunge, Sus, Bavdhan Budruk, Kirkatwadi, Pisoli, Kondwe–Dhawade, Kopare, Nanded, Khadakwasla, Manjri-Budruk, Narhe amongst other villages were inspected."

“The inspections were done by the respective Ward Medical Officers (WMO) and eventually notices were issued to the errant facilities. All these hospitals have been asked to complete the compliance at the earliest or stop admission of patients,” the doctor said.

Dr Bhagwan Pawar, Health Officer of PMC, told The Daily, "All these hospitals are in the newly merged villages and were found operating despite irregularities and violations of various acts like Maharashtra Nursing Home Registration Act 1949 and Regulations 2021, Bio-Medical Waste Disposal Rules 2016 and Fire Safety Compliance amongst other."

Dr Pawar further said as these hospitals were earlier located in rural Pune most of them took the rules and regulations lightly. Now after these villages are merged into PMC, they must strictly follow the norms.

“We have decided that the renewal of nursing home licenses to these hospitals won’t be given unless the compliance is completed. Apart from the nursing home norms they must follow other rules of Pollution control, Biomedical waste management and Fire safety compliance,” he added.

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