New Delhi: Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain has ordered an inquiry for vacation and sealing of Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis Hospital in the national capital.
The move came after it emerged that the hospital building might collapse any time.
“It has been brought to my notice that building of Rajan Babu TB Hospital run by North MCD is in dilapidated state. The MCD itself has declared the building as unsafe for human habitation and living,” read the order issued by Jain on December 31, PTI reported.
“In spite of that, the hospital is being run and life of patients, attendants, staff and citizens is being put in danger. It seems the building may collapse any time and lot many lives are in danger,” the order added.
The Delhi Urban Development Minister has also sought an action taken report in the matter.
“In view of above, for the safety of human lives, doctors and paramedics working in above said MCD Hospital, immediate inquiry may be conducted for the vacation & sealing of the building,” the order said.
Earlier on Thursday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi conducted a surprise inspection at the north MCD-run hospital.
She accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) of “playing with the lives of Delhiites” and “providing treatment to patients in the dangerous building of the hospital”.
Leader of Opposition in the NDMC Vikas Goel, who accompanied the AAP MLA on her visit, later filed a complaint at the Mukherjee Nagar police station.