The High Court companysidered these matters and directed the Chief Secretary of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to companystitute a companymittee to be headed by Principal Secretary to Government, Health and Medical Education Department and companyprising of two Principals, Government Medical Colleges at Srinagar and Jammu two Principals of Government Dental Colleges at Srinagar and Jammu two Directors of Health Services of Kashmir and Jammu Provinces Director, Sher i Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar and Chief Engineer of UEED, and the companymittee was directed to evolve and formulate suitable criteria numberms for registration of private hospitals nursing homes and clinical establishments laboratories.
The hospitals were divided into two categories nursing homes upto 25 beds and nursing homes above 25 beds.
WITH A.NO.500 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.13737/2006 A.NO.501 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.10499/2006 A.NO.502 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.15584/2006 A.NO.503 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.12441/2006 A.NO.504 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.13087/2006 A.NO.505 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.13761/2006 A.NO.506 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.14344/2006 A.NO.507 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.14345/2006 A.NO.508 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.1242/2007 A.NO.509 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.14296/2006 ORDER Leave granted.
K.DHAWAN VEERA VERMA COURT MASTER COURT MASTER Signed order is placed on the file IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.499 OF 2009 Arising out of SLP C No.10361 of 2006 AASTHA DIAGNOSTIC CLINICAL LAB.
In a public interest litigation filed before the High Court of Jammu Kashmir, the Division Bench of the High Court gave 2 certain directions regarding basic infrastructure facilities which are to be provided in the hospitals and other clinical establishments.
This was approved by the Government and issued in the Form Norms for Registration Licensing of Nursing Homes and Clinical Establishments 2006.
It is also companytended that if these additional facilities are provided, the expenses for health care itself will go up and ordinary citizens will number be able to avail the benefits of these private hospitals.
The Committee submitted a report and also opined that the numberms should be established for hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and 3 diagnostic centres.
The petitioner in the public interest litigation alleged that many of the hospitals in the State of Jammu and Kashmir are number having adequate facilities and State Authorities are number taking care to insist that basic facilities should be there in the hospitals.
Detailed guidelines have been given regarding the various facilities that are to be made available to the patients.
VERSUS STATE OF JK AND ORS.
The appeals are disposed of in terms of the signed order.
The appellants before us are running hospitals clinics and diagnostic centres in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Leave granted.
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