HC dismisses plea for recognition to city nursing institute

The petitioner has been identified as Jully Patel from Shahibaug. Jully had enrolled for the Certificate Course in Health and Social Nursing Care in 2007 offered by the Ahmedabad Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS). It is run by the Maharana Pratap Health Care Foundation in the Satellite area of Ahmedabad.

The course duration was two years. And when Jully inquired about the schedule of the examination after two years,AIMS officials intimated her about the letter they got from the office of the Employment and Training Department in August 2009.

The department had asked the institute to delete the word

‘nursing’ from the name of the course and certificate since they did not take the mandatory permission from the Indian Nursing Council and the Gujarat Nursing Council.

Shocked by the revelation,Jully moved the HC through her counsel,Pradeep Patel.

There are two more such institutions in the state,one each in Visnagar and Mehsana,and students of which will not get the certificate of nursing as per the decision of the Employment and Training Department.

Dismissing the petition,Justice R R Tripathi observed,“If a particular course requires recognition from the apex body like Indian Nursing Council or Gujarat Nursing Council,the court cannot waive and direct the apex body to give recognition or to give post-facto recognition.”

The court further observed,“…grant of any relief in this petition will give a boost to the persons running such institutes without obtaining necessary recognition from the body authorised to give under law.”

As regards the the petitioner’s grievances against the institute,the court left it open for the petitioner to file any civil suit for file for damages against the institute.