The nursing homes and private clinics while are mushrooming in the district, several of them are running illegally. Either they are not registered with THE DMET (Directorate of Medical Education and Training) or they are waiting for renewal.
Despite the fact, neither the district administration nor the health administration is serious about the prevailing situation of private healthcare facilities.
Additional District Magistrate Sambit Kumar Nayak said, “About the matter the CDMO is being apprised and a month ago, a team has been formed to look into the documents of the private nursing homes and clinics.”
Sources said as many 52 nursing homes and clinics across all blocks including 25 in the district headquarters area were registered with the DMET yet several of them were waiting for renewal for years . They were not being inspected and certified again but found running.
It was alleged that in the want of checking and enforcement many of them were operational without complying with the safety and hygiene norms. And they were admitting indoor patients more than the capacity flouting the rules and norms.
Sources added that since 2015 neither any renewal of the nursing homes was made nor any fresh permission was given to any nursing homes.
On the issue, Chief district Medical Officer Banarjee Prasad Chhotary said a three -member team comprising a medical officer in the rank of Additional District Magistrate (ADM), a police officer and a fire officer had been formed to inspect the nursing homes.
The team was inspecting all the aspects including fire safety provisions for the nursing homes and clinics and necessary actions were being taken. However, due to frequent transfer of ADMO, the process was getting delayed.