8,000 hospitals, diagnostic centres apply for licences
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 03.2019
At least 8,000 clinical establishments — hospitals, clinics and diagnostic labs —have applied to the health department for licences under the Clinical Establishments Act. It is mandatory according to the Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishments Rules notified in the state gazette in June 2018.
In March 2018, the state framed a legislation making it compulsory for all clinical establishments — hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries, consulting rooms, clinics or polyclinics — public or private, to register themselves with the government. The rules were notified in June. The directorate of medical services has developed a software to register all hospitals under a centralized process. The deadline for applications ends on March 31. Any institution failing to apply won’t be able to operate.
Director of medical services Dr N Rukmani said the department has trained staff at district level to upload data from onto the software before it is officially launched mid-January. These establishments will be inspected by respective district health officials to ensure they fulfil the infrastructure and human resources requirement. If they qualify, they will be given a licence for five years, she said.
The new rules will standardize establishments that serve in allopathic or Indian medicine streams. It specifies the floor space requirement, waiting area, safe drinking water supply, toilet for all clinical establishments to be registered.
While doctors’ bodies such as the Indian Medical Association have welcomed the move, the paramedical, laboratory education and welfare associations have asked for relaxations in the norms. “Many of them have not applied yet because they may not fulfil the requirement,” said DASE general secretary Dr GR Ravindranath.
His association estimates that around 20,000 laboratories will have to shut down and over 50,000 technicians to lose jobs in the next few months if the government decides to enforce the regulations. According to the rules, clinical laboratories in rural areas should have at least 500sqft for sample collection, first aid, processing and report presentation. In the urban area, space should be 700sqft to 1500sqft. The lab should ensure that adequate space is provided for reception, sample collection, isolation of biohazard, radioisotope-related work as per Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) rules.
In addition, the rules specify minimum qualification for the staff.
The deadline for application will end on March
31. Any institution failing to apply won’t be able to operate
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 03.2019
At least 8,000 clinical establishments — hospitals, clinics and diagnostic labs —have applied to the health department for licences under the Clinical Establishments Act. It is mandatory according to the Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishments Rules notified in the state gazette in June 2018.
In March 2018, the state framed a legislation making it compulsory for all clinical establishments — hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries, consulting rooms, clinics or polyclinics — public or private, to register themselves with the government. The rules were notified in June. The directorate of medical services has developed a software to register all hospitals under a centralized process. The deadline for applications ends on March 31. Any institution failing to apply won’t be able to operate.
Director of medical services Dr N Rukmani said the department has trained staff at district level to upload data from onto the software before it is officially launched mid-January. These establishments will be inspected by respective district health officials to ensure they fulfil the infrastructure and human resources requirement. If they qualify, they will be given a licence for five years, she said.
The new rules will standardize establishments that serve in allopathic or Indian medicine streams. It specifies the floor space requirement, waiting area, safe drinking water supply, toilet for all clinical establishments to be registered.
While doctors’ bodies such as the Indian Medical Association have welcomed the move, the paramedical, laboratory education and welfare associations have asked for relaxations in the norms. “Many of them have not applied yet because they may not fulfil the requirement,” said DASE general secretary Dr GR Ravindranath.
His association estimates that around 20,000 laboratories will have to shut down and over 50,000 technicians to lose jobs in the next few months if the government decides to enforce the regulations. According to the rules, clinical laboratories in rural areas should have at least 500sqft for sample collection, first aid, processing and report presentation. In the urban area, space should be 700sqft to 1500sqft. The lab should ensure that adequate space is provided for reception, sample collection, isolation of biohazard, radioisotope-related work as per Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) rules.
In addition, the rules specify minimum qualification for the staff.
The deadline for application will end on March
31. Any institution failing to apply won’t be able to operate
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