Maharashtra seals hospitals without fire safety

Three private hospitals under Thane Municipal Corporation were sealed for operating without safety clearance from the fire brigade.

Thane: Three private hospitals in Kalwa area in Maharashtra have been sealed for operating without the no-objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department and not having the biomedical waste treatment facilities, officials said.

The Thane Municipal Corporation issued an order on Wednesday for sealing the Sai Seva Health Centre in Bhaskar Nagar, and the Jana Seva Hospital and Sri Matoshri Arogya Kendra in Waghoba Nagar.

The civic body said the Bombay High Court in an earlier order directed for the closure of hospitals not having the fire department's NOC and functioning without biomedical waste treatment facilities.

These three hospitals were earlier issued notices as they were operating without complying with the civic body's regulations, it said.

(PTI)