DIR-036
Health · Staff attendance · directive
The directive
RealDeans told that doctors must not only be present but visibly performing assigned duties; due procedure, including inquiries and disciplinary action, where violations are established.
- Issued by
- Additional Municipal Commissioner (City)
- Date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Location
- Civic hospitals
- Wards
- Not ward-specific
- Context
- Same statement as DIR-035.
Source: BMC To Make Civic Hospital Deans Review Each Other's Functioning To Improve Accountability, Free Press Journal, 15 Sept 2026
Status
Demo- Status Demo
- On track
- Progress Demo
- 50%
- Owner Demo
- Hospital administration
- Due Demo
- 31 Dec 2026
- Note Demo
- Duty rosters published weekly.
Public updates
Real- 8 Oct 2026
Medical Buyer, citing Hindustan Times, repeats the same counts out of about 800 doctors and quotes the Additional Municipal Commissioner that doctors must be in hospitals between 9am and 4pm. A dean said one super-specialist had applied for voluntary retirement following the notices. Read report
- 30 Sept 2026
About 100 show-cause notices for prolonged absence reported: KEM 36, Sion 30, Nair 24, Cooper 9, Nair Dental 1. Read report
- 9 Sept 2026
About 35 doctors at HBT Trauma Care Hospital, Jogeshwari received notices with 48 hours to respond. The Additional Municipal Commissioner is quoted that this behaviour 'will not be normalised'. Read report