India, Jan. 20 -- Private hospitals in the city along with members of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) have raised concerns over the lengthy and tedious process for getting a Fire No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). According to them, heavy documentation and frequent glitches in the PMC online system cause preventable delays in acquiring the certificate, which is mandatory under the Bombay Nursing Home Registration Act, 1949.

The issue has come to the fore after PMC started inspection of hospitals and nursing homes, and issued show cause notices to 37 private hospitals recently for allegedly violating the Nursing Home Act.

The IMA said a Fire NOC is now being sought every year, even though as pe...