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The Maharashtra authorities has initiated disciplinary proceedings against doctors successful State-run hospitals for unauthorised absenteeism, resulting successful the termination of 58 aesculapian officers. Notices person been issued to 710 doctors, and enactment has been taken against 442 individuals, the Legislative Council was informed connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026). The authorities besides outlined a bid of measures to overhaul the State’s healthcare system, including technological upgrades, expanded attraction coverage, and a peculiar task unit to ace down connected amerciable aesculapian practice.
Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Abitkar informed the House that the authorities has initiated steps to amended transparency and ratio successful the wellness department. As portion of this drive, enactment has been taken against absent aesculapian officers. Of the 710 who were issued notices, disciplinary enactment was taken against 442, and the services of 58 doctors person been terminated.
Mr. Abitkar stated that plans are underway to present biometric, facial recognition, and GPS-based attendance systems successful wellness facilities. He besides said that the scope of attraction nether the Ayushman Bharat and Mahatma Phule Jan Arogya schemes has been expanded, with the fig of covered ailments accrued from 1,359 to 2,399. Hospitals person been directed not to levy immoderate further charges connected patients.
On the contented of rising crab cases, the Minister said preventive and curative measures are being expedited. A vaccination thrust has been launched for girls aged 14 and 15. A connection for a broad screening programme for citizens supra the property of 30 has been submitted to the Asian Development Bank. Facilities for crab attraction and day-care centres are being established crossed the authorities successful a phased manner.
Mr. Abitkar besides informed the Council that the procurement of medicines has been made much transparent with the constitution of the Maharashtra Medical Goods Procurement Authority successful February 2023. Prior to this, from 2017 to 2020, medicines were procured done the Haffkine Institute. He said medicines are present procured and supplied done a centralised tendering process based connected the demands from wellness institutions.
In a abstracted discussion, Industries Minister Uday Samant informed the House that a peculiar task unit volition beryllium constituted to instrumentality enactment against bogus doctors and unauthorized nursing homes. Mr. Samant said the existent instrumentality provides for a punishment of lone ₹50 and six months imprisonment, and a new, stricter argumentation volition beryllium introduced.
The task unit volition beryllium chaired by the Additional Chief Secretary of the Urban Development Department. Its members volition see the Principal Secretary of the Health Department, the acrophobic Divisional Commissioner, and elder officials from the aesculapian and wellness sectors. The committee volition reappraisal the concern and taxable a study successful the adjacent league of the legislature, Mr. Samant added.
He stated that backstage hospitals and nursing homes are registered and inspected nether the Maharashtra Nursing Registration Act, 1949. Notices are issued by the Mumbai Municipal Corporation to hospitals operating without registration, directing them to close. Information astir specified hospitals is shared with each constabulary stations, and penal enactment is taken. Currently, determination are 1,371 registered nursing homes successful Mumbai, and enactment has been taken against 35 unauthorized nursing homes successful Govandi, Ghatkopar, and Kurla areas.
