Khyati hospital PMJAY deaths: Who are the four directors eluding the police?

A elaborate look astatine who they are and their relation successful the functioning of the hospital:

1. Kartik Jasu Patel

Kartik Jasu Patel, who the constabulary said is presently successful Australia, is good known successful Ahmedabad arsenic a builder with his radical of companies progressive successful galore antithetic sectors from acquisition to healthcare, and concern to entertainment.

Patel himself, The Indian Express has found, is successful the absorption of astatine slightest 16 antithetic firm entities arsenic good arsenic astatine slightest 1 Trust, details of which are successful the nationalist domain. Patel is simply a Director successful astatine slightest 7 companies including Ahmedabad Bariatrics and Cosmetics Pvt Ltd, the holding institution of the infirmary successful question, since January 21, 2021.

He is the Managing Director (MD) of 2 companies, Khyati Multimedia-Entertainment Ltd and Khyati Retail and Eatery Pvt Ltd. Patel is besides a Designated Partner successful 7 Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs).”

2. Rajshree P Kothari

Rajshree Pradeep Kothari, according to sources adjacent to the company, is not actively progressive with the operations of the hospital. She is the woman of businessman Pradeep Ravichandra Kothari, who owns Future Tyres Pvt Ltd.

Pradeep Kothari was an Additional Director successful Ahmedabad Bariatrics and Cosmetics Pvt Ltd betwixt February 6, 2021 and September 22, 2021. On the aforesaid time arsenic his exit, Rajshree became Director of the company. The Kotharis are besides directors successful different steadfast called Finesse Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd since March 2023, tally by their 2 sons.

3. Dr Sanjay M Patolia

Dr Sanjay Patolia has been serving arsenic the Director of Ahmedabad Bariatrics and Cosmetics Pvt Ltd since September 29, 2012. According to his website, Dr Patolia was the Founder Director of Asian Bariatrics and subsequently, Khyati Multispeciality Hospital Ahmedabad arsenic good arsenic New Life Hospital successful Rajkot earlier successful 2005.

He has implicit 20 years of acquisition successful the tract of Bariatric Surgery. His nonrecreational acquisition includes stint arsenic Assistant Professor successful the Department of Surgery astatine the Government Hospital successful Rajkot in1999; backstage signifier arsenic gastro and bariatric – metabolic surgeon betwixt 2005 and 2014 astatine New Life Hospital successful Rajkot; Director astatine Asian Bariatrics, Ahmedabad, betwixt 2014 and 2019, and Director astatine Khyati Multispeciality Hospital successful Ahmedabad 2019 onwards.

Dr Patolia has besides served arsenic the Former Treasurer of the Obesity and Metabolic Surgeons Society of India (OSSI).

4. Chirag H Rajput

Rajput has been the look of Khyati Multispeciality Hospital, peculiarly since the decease of the 2 men from Borisana village. Rajput could beryllium seen issuing statements to the media successful the aftermath of alleged vandalism connected the premises by the relatives of the deceased.

While Rajput, connected Tuesday and Wednesday, spoke to the media persons gathered astatine the hospital, stating aggregate times that the infirmary would cooperate with the police, helium was obscurity to beryllium seen by Wednesday evening aft Dhananjay Dwivedi, the Principal Secretary of Health successful Gujarat, announced that the owners of the infirmary would beryllium booked for culpable homicide.

Rajput has been a Director of Ahmedabad Bariatrics and Cosmetics Pvt Ltd since January 21, 2021. Sources told The Indian Express that Rajput utilized to beryllium a Medical Representative (MR) for pharmaceutical companies and aboriginal transitioned to infirmary management. Earlier, helium worked astatine SAL Hospital.

5. Dr Prashant Vazirani

Dr Vazirani, the lad of an eminent cardiologist, is the “visiting” cardiologist who is alleged to person performed the angiography and angioplasty surgeries connected the patients from Borisana colony pursuing a aesculapian campy there. He was arrested connected Wednesday.

He is accused of being complicit successful the transgression conspiracy to cheat the authorities exchequer by performing these “unnecessary surgeries to marque illicit fiscal summation nether the PMJAY-MA scheme”. He runs Dr Vazirani’s Cardiology & Child Care Clinic with his woman astatine Prahladnagar successful Ahmedabad.

According to the website of this clinic, Dr Vazirani is simply a Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI) successful the US, arsenic good arsenic a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
(FESC).

The 3-FIR conundrum

A connection from the Ahmedabad City Police connected Thursday stated that 2 FIRs, 1 each filed astatine Kadi constabulary presumption successful Mehsana by the families of the deceased victims, had been transferred to Vastrapur constabulary presumption successful Ahmedabad metropolis wherever the archetypal FIR was registered connected behalf of the authorities government. Normally, this would mean that each 3 FIRs would beryllium combined to behaviour a azygous investigation, but that does not look imaginable successful this case. The Indian Express has learnt that the archetypal FIR astatine Vastrapur deals with the accused allegedly cheating the authorities exchequer portion the different 2 FIRs filed successful Kadi pertain to cheating idiosyncratic families.

Now, with Dr Vazirani arrested successful the lawsuit pertaining to cheating the authorities with respect to the “PMJAY racket”, constabulary are grappling with respective questions: Will helium beryllium arrested doubly implicit successful the different 2 cases? Will this process beryllium repeated for the different 4 accused? Will anticipatory oregon regular bail person to beryllium obtained for each 3 cases? Will the constabulary person to record 1 oregon 3 antithetic chargesheets successful these cases? The Indian Express spoke to constabulary officials who said that these technicalities successful instrumentality are yet to beryllium sorted out, adjacent arsenic constabulary teams are connected the hunt to apprehension the 4 directors of the hospital.

Check up of patients incomplete

In a study published connected November 14, The Indian Express reported that Vastrapur constabulary had picked up astatine slightest 15 patients from Borisana village, who had been admitted and discharged from Khyati Multispeciality Hospital, and taken them to UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre (UNMICRC) for a aesculapian check-up. However, a time later, the cheque up of these patients had inactive not been completed. Dr Jasmin Patel, Resident Medical Officer (RMO) of UNMICRC, said, “The information of each the patients is stable. However, their check-up is not implicit due to the fact that the infirmary is yet to person the angiography CDs of each the patients.”