THANE: The Thane police commissioner issued a stern warning and notices to housing societies under the Thane police commissionerate to desist from harassing the health care personnels, including, doctors, nurses, civic employees and the police personnels who reside in the housing societies in the city.Health staff face untold hardships as the office bearers of the societies prevent them from availing facilities provided in the society, said Vivek Phansalkar, commissioner. Hence he has warned that strict action would be taken against the office bearers of the societies in case if anyone is found indulging in such activities and offense would be registered against them with the police as per the prevailing laws. Hence, the office-bearers of the societies should desist from preventing them from availing any facility provided in the society, he added.So far respective police stations have sent notices to 1,463 housing societies regarding the same, said a police officer.The warning from the police chief comes in wake of the complaint filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) quoting a recent incident where the family of a doctor was humiliated by the office bearers of the society.