HC stays Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s evacuation order Against Meditrina Hospital

The civic body had deemed the hospital unsafe due to alleged fire safety violations and ordered its immediate evacuation.Challenging this directive, Meditrina Hospital filed a petition in the High Court, arguing against the evacuation order. 

Hearing the case, a division
bench comprising Justice Nitin Suryawanshi and Justice Praveen Patil issued a notice
to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, instructing it to present its response by
March 17, reports Nagpur Today. Meanwhile, the court granted an interim stay on
the enforcement of the evacuation directive.

According to the Daily, the
NMC Fire Department has accused the hospital of neglecting fire safety norms
for the past 13 years, leading to the decision to declare the building
hazardous. The corporation contends that the hospital’s failure to implement
adequate safety measures posed a risk to patients and staff. Representing Meditrina
Hospital, Advocate Anoop Gilda argued in court against the evacuation notice,
securing temporary relief until the matter is further examined. The case is now
set for further hearing, with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation required to
submit its justification for the order before the deadline.

The Pune Municipal
Corporation (PMC) has issued a show cause notice to a private hospital
in Baner after the hospital was found to be flouting many mandatory rules, including a valid fire no-objection certificate (NOC), proper display of the
patient’s rights charter, and so on. The notice comes as part of a special
inspection drive initiated by the public health department. The PMC began
inspecting 850 nursing homes and hospitals registered under its jurisdiction. Among these, Healing Hands Clinic, a NABH-accredited speciality
hospital, was also scrutinized.