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Satkar Caterers exits Jogeshwari hospital canteen over compliance dispute
Satkar Caterers exits Jogeshwari hospital canteen over compliance dispute
Satkar Caterers withdrew from the canteen at the Hindu Hruday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Hospital in Jogeshwari East on August 3, citing inability to complete statutory licence requirements including FSSAI, health…
The Story in Brief
Satkar Caterers withdrew from the canteen at the Hindu Hruday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Hospital in Jogeshwari East on August 3, citing inability to complete statutory licence requirements including FSSAI, health and fire permissions. The Free Press Journal reports the caterer told the hospital it was leaving with immediate effect.
A Satkar Caterers representative said the key issue was the absence of a valid agreement with the BMC, without which they could not obtain the necessary licences. Hospital medical superintendent Dr Niranjan Kshirsagar disputed this, saying the caterer was asked to produce licences but was reluctant and ultimately left. A civic official alleged the caterer had occupied space without authorisation, possibly in connivance with a former hospital official, causing revenue loss to the BMC for four to five years.
The Indian Opinion
Both the caterer and the hospital administration are pointing fingers, but the real story is how a canteen operated for years without proper permissions. The BMC and hospital owe patients an explanation for this oversight. Health activist Chetan Kothari has rightly called for an investigation. The number to watch is the exact revenue loss to the BMC over those four to five years, that figure will reveal the true scale of the lapse.
Source: freepressjournal.in
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