ICU mandatory for nursing homes?

Operating upon a patient without having adequate infrastructure constitutes negligence

The Supreme Court’s (SC’s) recent judgment has created considerable confusion whether it is mandatory for all nursing homes to have an intensive care unit. Let’s study the case in detail. 

Bijoy Sinha Roy’s wife had a menstrual problem, for which gynaecologist Biswanath Das was consulted. He advised her to undergo hysterectomy. Initially she avoided it but after five months, she had to be operated due to severe bleeding. Her blood pressure was high and she became anaemic with low haemoglobin.  When Das was consulted again, he advised an emergency operation which was done at Ashutosh Nursing Home on December 1,