After the incident of fire in Jabalpur's New Life Hospital, the state government has taken a big decision to get all nursing homes inspected till August 31. ACS Health Mohammed Suleman has ordered the Collector of all the districts, Municipal Commissioner, CMHO and Chief Electrical and Safety Inspector to investigate the nursing homes.
In fact, recently the state government had decided that in the next one month, all the nursing homes of the state should be inspected by running a campaign. Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health and Family Welfare, Mohammad Suleman had instructed all the collectors to ensure that all nursing homes are inspected and nursing homes are run as per the provision.
The Chief Medical and Health Officer of the district has been made the licensing authority for all the registered private nursing homes established in the state.
Additional Chief Secretary Health said that in the context of fire accidents in nursing home establishment in the past, it is very necessary that measures related to fire safety should be taken in all nursing homes. Local bodies and officials related to electrical safety should also be included in the inspection team. Inspection teams should be constituted before August 10, so that all nursing homes can be inspected by August 31.
The number of inspection teams should be decided on the basis of the number of registered nursing homes in the district. This team can inspect maximum 2 nursing homes in a day and submit the report to the Chief Medical and Health Officer. Notice should also be issued to the concerned nursing home if there are any violations and deficiencies in the terms of the license in the report.
The Chief Medical and Health Officer will also ensure that the show cause notice is issued on the very next day of receipt of the inspection report and the notice is sent online and physically to the concerned private nursing home operator.
It will be mandatory for the operator of the nursing home to reply within 30 days of the issue of the notice. If the answer is not found satisfactory, then the registration of the nursing home should be canceled by issuing an order as per the provisions of the Act.
According to the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Nursing Home and Hospitality Establishments (Registration and Licensing) Act, the documents required for the registration of private nursing homes are prescribed.
These include building permission issued by the respective urban and gram panchayat, valid temporary fire NOC certificate, bio-gas waste disposal certificate from pollution control board, lift certificate of authorised engineer, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board license, food safety license, blood bank license, MTP license and the PCPNDT licence.