India, July 18 -- The Maharashtra government has issued orders to cancel the registration of 258 private hospitals which were found violating provisions of the Bombay Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1949 during two separate inspections conducted by the state health department earlier this year, state health minister Prakash Abitkar told the legislative assembly on Thursday.

The Act mandates that all registered private hospitals and nursing homes must meet essential requisition of infrastructure, staffing standards, hygiene, fire safety and biomedical waste disposal. They must display rates for various treatments, ensure transparency in billing and have a toll-free grievance redressal mechanism for patients to report issues.

Abitkar was ...