Ayurveda Hospital Claims Rs 16 crore from Indian Army for treatment of one sepoy

Bhopal: In an odd case reported from a Madhya Pradesh district, an ayurvedic medical facility’s owner has reported having claimed a colossal Rs 16 crore from the Indian Army as expenses for the treatment of a soldier. The said soldier also happens to be the son of the owner of the hospital that has made the claim

In 2013, a soldier, identified as one Saurabh, suffered a head injury while on duty and was treated at a private hospital. "He came home in 2014 and from then on his father treated him as he had not fully recovered. The treatment went on till 2017 and the matter came to light when the army received a medical reimbursement of Rs 16 crore," a district administration official told India Today TV.

"The matter was then referred to the district collector who further marked the matter to the chief medical officer of the state," the official said.

A probe was initiated into the matter by the Chief Medical Health Officer of Bhind district J.S. Kushwaha, which revealed that Dr IS Rajavat who owns an ayurvedic hospital treated his son Saurabh, from 2014 to 2017 and apparently claimed Rs 16 crore as medical expenses from the army by writing three amounts, Rs 6 crore, Rs 6 crore and Rs 4 crore, simply in three pieces of papers.