Fake Cardiologist Row: 2 Top UK Hospitals deny Association

Bhopal: In a latest development in the fake cardiologist case, two top UK medical institutions have denied any connection with the conman at the centre of the controversy, Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, also known as Dr N John Camm. 

The Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) and St George’s Hospital in London informed the Madhya Pradesh government that no one by the name Yadav has ever been registered or trained with them.

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional physician membership body founded in 1518. It is the oldest medical college in England and Wales. Similarly,  St George's Hospital is a large teaching hospital in London, specifically located in Tooting, and is a major trauma centre for southwest London and Surrey.

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This statement has raised serious questions about Yadav’s previously claimed credentials, which include a long list of international affiliations and prestigious medical appointments, reports. He claimed he completed his MRCP from St George’s in 2001 and trained under famous British heart specialist Dr A John Camm. 

As per a TOI news report, he also claimed to be associated with the American College of Cardiology and several international hospitals and journals.

Recently, Chhattisgarh police have booked 'Fake' cardiologist Narendra Yadav alias Narendra John Camm for culpable homicide over the death of former assembly speaker Rajendra Prasad Shukla in 2006. An FIR has also been registered against Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur, in connection with the case.

Medical Dialogues had previously reported that the fake cardiologist was arrested based on a complaint by Damoh district's Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), MK Jain after a former speaker of the Chhattisgarh assembly and 7 other patients lost their lives following a botched cardiac surgery at Apollo Hospital in Bilaspur and Missionary Hospital in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, respectively.

In his complaint, CMHO Jain alleged Dr Camm had committed fraud by performing angiography and angioplasty on patients at the Mission Hospital without being registered with the Madhya Pradesh Medical Council.

The accused, whose real name is believed to be Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, is said to have used the identity of a real doctor from the UK named 'Dr John Camm'. He pretended to be a skilled and experienced heart specialist with a medical degree from the UK and used this fake identity to treat patients in India.

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