Banner of the Khyati Hospital aesculapian campy hanging astatine the Mahadev temple successful Borisana village. (Express photograph by Brendan Dabhi)
Five days aft 3 FIRs were filed against 5 people, including 4 owners and a doc astatine Khyati Multispeciality Hospital, pursuing the deaths of 2 PMJAY beneficiaries aft alleged unnecessary angioplasty surgeries, the Ahmedabad City Police is yet to apprehension the 4 directors of the hospital.
Khyati Hospital Chairman Kartik Jasu Patel, CEO Chirag Hirasingh Rajput, Director Rajshree Pradeep Kothari and Bariatric Surgeon Dr Sanjay Mulji Patolia remained retired of scope of Vastrapur police, which was investigating the case, until Monday.
Meanwhile, the probe into each 3 FIRs – 1 filed connected behalf of the Gujarat authorities and 2 by the families of the 2 deceased, each connected November 13 — was transferred to the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) connected Monday. Zone-1 DCP Himanshu Kumar Verma confirmed, “The probe into the Khyati Hospital lawsuit has been transferred to the Crime Branch.”
Notably, the lone accused arrested successful the lawsuit truthful acold is Dr Prashant Vazirani, the visiting cardiologist accused of performing the “unnecessary” cardiac surgeries.
He has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, among others. He was arrested connected November 13, an hr aft the FIRs were filed. He is presently successful a 7-day constabulary custody, which volition beryllium transferred to the Crime Branch.
The Indian Express has besides learnt that the infirmary has failed to supply documents sought by the Gujarat Medical Council (GMC) to behaviour its ain probe into the alleged scam pertaining to aesculapian negligence and malpractice. GMC President Dr Nitin Vora was unavailable for comment.
Picked up from their colony a time aft a wellness check-up campy successful Borisana colony of Mehsana district, Mahesh Girdhar Barot (52) and Nagar Moti Senma (75) died pursuing angioplasty procedures astatine Khyati Hospital past week.
The relatives of the deceased men said nary consent was sought from them earlier surgery.