India, Aug. 8 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued show-cause notice to four private hospitals in the city for alleged violation of the Bombay Nursing Home Registration Act, 1949, and Maharashtra Nursing Home Registration (Amendment) Rules, 2021, officials said.

The PMC issued notice to these hospitals on Tuesday, May 5; they are located in Shivajinagar and Dhankawdi, and were identified during a month-long drive conducted within the PMC limits, officials said. The PMC had started a suo moto inspection of hospitals registered with the civic body in July this year, and as many as 265 such hospitals and nursing homes were inspected.

Dr Suryakant Devkar, assistant health officer, PMC, said that the four private hospitals issu...