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HON'BLE DELHI HIGH COURT ORDER DATED 24-04-09 IN WP(C) NO. 4233/93 IN DMA & ORS. VS UOI & ORS.
Regarding appointment of specialists by private nursing homes & hospitals 
Modified Performa of monthly/quarterly report of free treatment in r/o private hospitals
Introduction
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to register the private nursing homes and hospitals as per Delhi Nursing Home
Registration Act 1953. and rules made thereunder. The principal activity of the cell is to carry out registration
and renewal of registration every third year. The applications are invited
and processed, Inspections are carried out to see that the nursing hones
maintain the standards and norms as per the Rules in the said Act. Efforts
are made to prevent the functioning of the nursing homes providing inferior
quality and suggesting appropriate action against the unregistered nursing
homes.
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Beside this, the Nursing Home Cell also has been entrusted with
the following functions: -
1. Monitoring of Free treatment
to the eligible patients of EWS category provided by 40 identified Private Hospitals who had
been given land on concessional rate by Land Alloting Agencies.
- Updating
the free bed availability on a daily basis.
- Implementation
of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi judgement dated 22.3.2007 in WP (C) No.
2866/2002.
- Inspections
by the Monitoring Committee of at least 4-5 hospitals in a month.
- Complaints
regarding refusal/denial/unsatisfactory free treatment to the eligible
patients of EWS category.
- Compilation
of Monthly and Quarterly Report in r/o free treatment.
- Compilation
of referral cases from identified Govt. Hospitals to 40 identified private
Hospitals.
- Creation
of Web Page for updating the data on availability of free beds in these
hospitals.
2. Monitoring
of Free beds and treatment in Apollo
Hospital in pursuance
of the judgement of Delhi High Court vide WP (C ) No. 5410/1997 and as per the
direction of Hon’ble Supreme Court SLP
No. 29482/2009 dated 30.11.2009.
- An
additional Nodal Officer of Govt. of NCT of Delhi is stationed at Apollo Hospital from 10.00 AM to 4.00 PM to
facilitate the treatment of Eligible Patient as per norms.
- Compilation
of quarterly report.
- Audit
of Apollo Hospital on half yearly basis by
the Officers from the office of Comptroller & Auditor General of
Accounts.
3. Various Court Cases/ Matters pertaining to Pvt. Nursing Homes.
4. Complaints
against Private Nursing Homes in Delhi.
5. Compilation of information about the Foreign National Patients undergoing
treatment in Delhi.
6. Sending recommendation to Excise
Department for procurement of Narcotic Drugs by Private Nursing
Homes.
7. Replies pertaining to RTI/Parliament/Assembly
Questions.
Broad achievements related to Nursing Homes for the year 2010-11
is as below:
S.No
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Activities
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2010-11
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1
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No. of Registered Nursing homes functioning during the
year
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679
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2
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New Nursing homes Registered
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96
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3
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Registration of Nursing homes Cancelled
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