Doctor Santosh Khandekar, a paediatrician, was in for a shock recently, when he received an auto-generated email from the BMC, saying the registration of a nursing home in Mumbai where he worked, has been renewed. That’s because Dr Khandekar has been working in Karnataka since 2021 and is no longer associated with the nursing home at Mahim. He is astonished that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) renewed the maternity and nursing home’s licence without consent from or inquiry about him.

Speaking to mid-day, Dr Khandekar said, “I obtained a Certificate of Registration on September 22, 2021, to run a nursing home in the name Prabhat Maternity and Surgical Nursing Home. However, I vacated the premises of the nursing home on March 1, 2022 and since then am no longer associated with it. I learnt that Dr Shah then rented the premises to one Dr Akash Bhatgire, BAMS, who runs the nursing home in the same name.” The licence for Prabhat Maternity and Surgical Nursing Home expired on March 31, 2022.