Govt doctor takes Rs 6,000 bribe to operate on patient; Arrested
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Bhopal: A government doctor has been arrested after being caught red-handed while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 6,000 to perform a surgery on a patient suffering from hernia.
According to the police officials, a doctor, posted in a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 at his private clinic to perform a surgery. The doctor was later arrested.
"Dr Yadav was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 at his private clinic," informed J P Verma, deputy superintendent, Lokayukta Police.
The arrest was made based on the complaint filed by one Nareti, the patient's son. He had filed a complaint with the anti-corruption agency Lokayukta that Dr Yadav had demanded a bribe of Rs 6,000 to operate on his father for hernia. "The surgery at the government hospital should not have cost anything to the patient," the patient pointed out.
According to the police officials, a doctor, posted in a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 at his private clinic to perform a surgery. The doctor was later arrested.
"Dr Yadav was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 at his private clinic," informed J P Verma, deputy superintendent, Lokayukta Police.
The arrest was made based on the complaint filed by one Nareti, the patient's son. He had filed a complaint with the anti-corruption agency Lokayukta that Dr Yadav had demanded a bribe of Rs 6,000 to operate on his father for hernia. "The surgery at the government hospital should not have cost anything to the patient," the patient pointed out.
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