Gurugram: Police booked two persons for allegedly operating a nursing home at Naurangpur village in Kherki Daula on Thursday. The suspects were operating without a valid licence, police said, adding that the nursing home was having no qualified doctors to treat patients.
The nursing home was busted in a joint operation conducted by the chief minister’s flying squad, Gurugram drug controller, the health department and the police.
According to police, they received a tip-off on Wednesday about the illegal private nursing home, following which they formed a team and raided the it on Thursday.
Inderjeet Yadav, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) with the CM’s flying squad, said that they received a tip-off about the clinic in Naurangpur and took immediate action. He said that they formed a team and conducted a preliminary investigation. Later, along with medical officer Dr Tarun Chopra of PHC Nakhrola, they raided the nursing home.
“An ayurveda practitioner was found present in the six-bed clinic. When the team questioned the ‘doctor’, he provided a certificate in unani medicine,” DSP Yadav said.
DSP Yadav said the clinic did not even follow the rules of biomedical waste disposal. “We have filed a complaint against the illegal clinic at Kherki Daula police station”, he said.
{{/usCountry}}DSP Yadav said the clinic did not even follow the rules of biomedical waste disposal. “We have filed a complaint against the illegal clinic at Kherki Daula police station”, he said.
{{/usCountry}}A case under sections 15 (2) B, 15 (3) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and Sections 336 (endangering lives and safety of others) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against the suspects at Kherki Daula police station on Thursday, police added.