Rajkot doctor barred from practising for a year ‘for false claims on PMJAY’

“During the enquiry held by the Executive Committee of the GMC, they were of the unanimous presumption that the allegations against Dr Masharu appeared to beryllium substantial,” stated the GMC notice.

The Council resolved that Dr Masharu “kept newborn patients admitted longer to his infirmary to assertion benefits of the PMJAY and manipulated pathological trial reports, submitting the aforesaid to the PMJAY portal to get claims. This enactment is superior misconduct.”

The circular stated that the registration of Dr Masharu was removed from the registry of Medical Practitioners of the GMC for 1 year. The GMC General Body unanimously approved the determination connected October 4. His sanction stands removed from December 21 to December 20, 2025

In the 2nd case, the GMC announcement stated, “During a astonishment sojourn of the Chief District Health Officer, Dr Vivek Yadav was not contiguous astatine the session (in Kuha colony of Daskroi taluka successful Ahmedabad) and his patients were being treated by different person. This idiosyncratic ran distant from the backmost doorway connected seeing the officials. The patients confirmed that they were not treated by Dr Yadav and a adjacent pharmacist said helium had ne'er seen him. This enactment is superior misconduct.”