Jammu: In a public interest litigation filed by Citizen Forum Jammu through RK Chadha seeking regulation and monitoring the functioning of Nursing Homes and private Medical Institutes and Health Centres in accordance with the guidelines of Ministry of Health, Govt, of India and Medical Council of India.
The Division Bench of the State High Court comprising Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta after hearing Adv Anil Sethi for the PIL whereas Deputy AG Sanjeev Padha for the state observed that by Government Order No.286-HME of 2010 dated 29.04.2010, the state government had constituted the committee of officers to examine the rates being charged by private clinical establishments, nursing homes, hospitals and diagnostic centers from the patients for treatment and other facilities and recommend the reasonable rate lists depending upon the quality of facilities provided to them. However, no action taken report has been filed so far.DB grants three weeks time as prayed by the Sanjeev Padha Deputy AG to enable him to place on record the action taken report.