The civic-run tertiary care hospitals are going the extra mile to achieve cleanliness, with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde set to conduct surprise visits to these facilities. The hospital staff was seen removing old and damaged fixtures, while others cleaned paan and gutkha stains from the premises.

The BMC hospitals are usually criticised for lack of cleanliness, lack of medicines and corridors that are full of scrap, including broken wheelchairs, beds, machinery and rusted cupboards. Officials seldom visit the facilities, with sometimes years between visits. Over the past three years, the BMC commissioner hasn’t made a single visit, but now Shinde has decided to do so.