NOC from fire department compulsory for running private hospitals

Due to recent fire mishap at Care Hospital, Nagpur and a hospital in Kolkata now NOC from fire department is compulsory for running private hospitals.

Dr Milind Ganvir, deputy director for Health said that so far fire NOC was not compulsory for issuing licenses. The fire NOC is compulsory only when the nursing home building is fire storeyed and above.


Due to recent fire mishap at Care Hospital, Nagpur and a hospital in Kolkata now NOC from fire department is compulsory for running private hospitals.

Dr Milind Ganvir, deputy director for Health said that so far fire NOC was not compulsory for issuing licenses. The fire NOC is compulsory only when the nursing home building is fire storeyed and above.

But now due to breaking of fire at the Care hospitals eye brows have been raised and NMC is being questioned about issuing licenses thus Dr Ganvir appealed to all private hospitals to approach the NMC’s fire department for fire safety audit and emphasized on safety issues in the smaller establishments. If any hospital failed to get NOC certificate from fire department the license of the hospital would get canceled.

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