23 illegal medical facilities operate in Govandi-Mankhurd slums

MUMBAI: Twenty-three unregistered hospitals and nursing homes without fire compliance licenses are doing brisk business in M East ward, an RTI reply procured by an activist on April 1 has revealed. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} Dr Mohammed Khalid Ansari, who has been running the eight-bed Diamond Nursing Home at Govandi’s Baiganwadi slum for the last five years, said the BMC had “stopped registrations”. “That’s why there are so many unregistered hospitals and nursing homes in this area.” {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} When asked about the risks to patients from these places, Dr Ansari said that Diamond Nursing Home usually performed deliveries and treated infections such as malaria or dengue. When the BMC was asked why they were not shut down, its officers had no answer though they provided the list of illegal medical facilities.” {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Dr Daksha Shah, the BMC’s executive health officer, when asked what action would be taken against the illegal facilities, said that the Nursing Home Registration Act had only guidelines and the BMC was not legally empowered to seize or seal them. “The rest of the action is initiated by them.” Illegal medical facility list Muskan NICU & Children’s Hospital Millennium Hospital Asha Nursing Home Mannat Hospital Apex Hospital Sagar Nursing Home Vishwakarma Hospital Diamond Nursing Home Khan Nursing Home Mission Hospital Bhadra Hospital New Lifeline Hospital {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Cheetah Camp Nursing Home Tawakkal Hospital Jupiter Diagnostic Hospital Zee Trust Hospital RN Hospital Rajpal Hospital Shifa Nursing Home MEDSTAR hospital Shrikrupa Multi-Speciality Hospital New Family Nursing Home KJ Hospital SHARE THIS ARTICLE ON