India, Jan. 6 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) health department has served show-cause notice to 37 private hospitals for allegedly violating the Bombay Nursing Home Registration Act, 1949; and Maharashtra Nursing Home Registration (Amendment) Rules, 2021; officials said on Monday.

The action comes in the wake of a citywide inspection of nursing homes and hospitals registered with the PMC under the Nursing Home Act. As many as 350 hospitals and nursing homes across 15 wards were inspected between July 1 and December 31, 2025 as part of the PMC's biannual drive to check compliance with fire safety, hygiene, patient rights, proper records, and quality care. The most common violations included absence of a valid fire no-objection cer...