The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) M-East ward health officials have sent notices to nine out of 24 unregistered nursing homes in the slum pockets of the ward. The M-East ward has a significant population residing in slums in Govandi, Shivaji Nagar, Cheeta Camp, Vashi Naka and Baiganwadi.

The medical health officer had said in a report that these unregistered facilities lack an approved building proposal plan. They have qualified doctors but they are not permitted to operate on technical grounds. The nursing homes treat patients with malaria, typhoid and gastroenteritis.