A fake cardiologist was arrested, earlier this week, in India after his treatment plan allegedly led to seven deaths. Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav – also known as Dr N John Camm – who worked in Madhya Pradesh was arrested from adjoining Uttar Pradesh, police said.
Police accuse him of fraud, cheating and forgery and allege that Yadav faked his medical degrees. During his two-month-long tenure at a local Madhya Pradesh hospital, Yadav examined around 70 patients including 45 cases of angioplasty, which led to seven patient deaths, BBC reported.
The Mission Hospital in Damoh city, where Yadav worked, has denied having any knowledge of his alleged fake credentials, The Indian Express reported.
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Yadav’s name came under the scanner after the Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr M K Jain alleged that he conducted angiography and angioplasty procedures without being registered with the Madhya Pradesh Medical Council. Further probe in the case revealed that the doctor’s certificate was fake.
“In the original complaint (submitted to NHRC), there was a mention of death of seven patients at Mission Hospital. Another complaint (filed by CMHO Jain) was related to verification of the doctor’s degree,” the police said.
The FIR was registered against Camm under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 315 (4) (dishonest misappropriation), 338 (forgery), 336 (3) (creating or altering documents or electronic records with fraudulent intent), 340 (2) (forged documents and electronic records) and 3 (5) (joint criminal liability when a criminal act is committed by several persons in furtherance of a common intention).
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which received a separate complaint related to death of patients who were treated by the “fake” cardiologist at Damoh Missionary Hospital, is separately conducting a probe into the matter.
