Over 5,000 illegal private nursing homes and clinics in Bihar served notices
The Hindu
Action follows abduction and murder of journalist and RTI activist Avinash Jha in Benipatti of Madhubani district
Days after the and Right to Information (RTI) activist in Benipatti of Madhubani district in Bihar, allegedly for exposing illegal private nursing homes and clinics mushrooming in his area, 5,433 such establishments have been served notices across Bihar for not following stipulated norms, including the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016. Of them, 326 are from Patna district alone. .
Out of 21 such illegal nursing homes and medical clinics against whom the deceased journalist had lodged a complaint in the Benipatti area of Madhubani district, only one was found to be operational in accordance with the established rules, said officials.
Jha’s half-burnt body was found by the side of a State Highway in Urain village, 5 km away from his residence in Benipatti, on November 12. He went missing on November 9. His elder brother Chandrashekhar Jha on November 11 lodged an FIR against 11 named and several other unnamed owners of private nursing homes and clinics, alleging the abduction of his brother.