Two nursing homes sealed in Malda, one show caused

Two nursing homes of Malda district were sealed and one was show caused in view of allegations against them for violating norms, the chief medical officer of health (CMOH)of Malda, Dr Dilip Kumar Mondal said here today.
"We have sealed Mongalbari Nursing Home and Harishchandrapur Nursing Home, and served a show cause notice to Apollo Nursing Home last night," Mondal said.
"There were allegations that Mongalbari Nursing Home was running an illegal medicine shop, besides operating it with untrained staff. Both Harishchandrapur Nursing Home as well as Apollo Nursing Home allegedly had no licenses," Mondal said.
On verifation, it was found the allegations to be true, he said. The DM and SP of Malda were also present when the nursing homes were sealed, he said.

There are 34 nursing homes across the district and a team comprising health department officials and a deputy magistrate would visit all of them. "A high level committee will carry out surprise visits at these nursing homes," Mondal said.