Legal Metrology Department (LMD) on Sunday conducted a surprise visit of a private nursing home operating in the city and penalised it Rs 5000 for violating the norms.
According to an official spokesperson, the LMD officialsduring the inspection found that the surgical devices like bandages, drip sets,suction pipes etc used in the nursing home were not as per the Legal Metrology(Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. The LMDofficials served a notice and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 to themanufacturing company for not printing all the mandatory declarations on thelabel of products. The nursing home was also penalised Rs 5000 for not usingapproved weighing scales for adults or for babies, height gauges in thepremises of the nursing home.