Fate of 63 Chanda nursing homes hangs in balance – Times of India
Chandrapur: The fate of 63 nursing homes, that are facing the heat from the civic health department over renewal of their nursing licences, will be decided in the general body meeting of Chandrapur Municipal Corporation (CMC). Medical health officer of CMC has served notices to the 63 nursing homes seeking compliance of town planning norms and has withheld their renewal of nursing licences.
There are 82 nursing homes in Chandrapur city registered with CMC. The town planning department had carried out survey of all the nursing homes in the city. Based on it its report, notices were served to the nursing homes earlier too. All the non-complying nursing homes were given provisional extension in the light of pandemic. Now that Covid has eased off and with August 31 deadline of renewal of licences nearing, the medical health officer of CMC served fresh notices to 63 nursing homes. Doctor fraternity has reacted sharply to the notices served by the CMC.
President of Indian Medical Association, Chandrapur Chapter, Dr Mangesh Gulwade, claimed that their nursing homes were registered under the Maharashtra Nursing Home Act and comply with all the regulations required at the time of their construction.
“The same officers who have served the notices had earlier inspected and approved these nursing homes while providing nursing licences. Now that new regulations have been formulated, they should be applied prospectively instead of applying retrospectively,” Dr Gulwade said.
CMC commissioner Rajesh Mohite agreed that revoking the licences of such a large number of nursing homes will affect health services and maintained that the matter has been put before the general body.
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