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Requirements Nursing Home:- (a) Location and surroundings:- The Nursing Home shall " be situated in a place having clean surroundings and shall not be adjacent to an open sewer, drain or public lavatory or to a factory omitting smoke or obnoxious odour. (b) Buildings:- (i) The building used for the nursing home shall comply with the relevant municipal by laws in force from time to time. (ii) The rooms in the nursing home shall be well ventilated and lighted and shall be kept in clean and hygienic conditions. Arrangements shall be made for cooling them in summer and heating them in winter. (iii) The walls of the labour room and operation theatre upto a height of four feet from the floor, shall be of such construction as to render it water proof. The flooring shall be such as not permit retention or accumulation of dust. There shall be no chinks or crevices in the walls or floors. iv) Aseptic conditions shall be maintained in labour room and the operation room. (v) Adequate arrangements shall be made for isolating septic and infectious cases. C. (i) Space accommodation for the patients etc. :- The floor space in the nursing home shall be 120 sq. ft. for single bed and additional 80 sq. ft. for every additional bed in single room. (ii) A Labour/operation theatre shall be provided with, minimum floor space of 180 sq.ft. (iii) A duty room shall be provided for the "nursing staff on duty. (iv) Adequate space for, storage of medicines, food articles equipments etc. shall be provided. d) Water supply:- The water used in the nursing home shall be pure and of drinkable quality.