One hospital was sealed and action was taken against another hospital for violation of PCPNDT and other relevant acts here on the weekend.
The actions were taken as part of raids conducted by the authorities on the directions of the Nainital district magistrate Savin Bansal who had been receiving complaints regarding private hospitals not providing facilities as per the PCPNDT Act.
The additional chief medical officer (ACMO) Dr Rashmi Pant and her team raided the Sparsh hospital and infertility clinic and the Vivekanand Hospital. According to Dr Pant, during inspection at the Sparsh hospital, the establishment could not provide any documentation of its registration with the pollution control board as required under the Clinical Establishment Act. There was no drug license available at the hospital’s medical store which also lacked a refridgerator for safely storing medicines. Further, the establishment did not have IVF registration under the PCPNDT Act.
The hospital management could not provide any document to show the training of the staff members. Documents regarding establishment of the hospital were not available even as there was no fire exit plan. Considering these irregularities, the team sealed the hospital on the spot.
The ACMO further informed that the registration of Vivekanand hospital under PCPNDT Act had been cancelled due to its ultrasound machine not being found at the designated place.
the said machine was also sealed by the officials. Members of the PCPNDT committee were also present during the raids.