Fake Doctor gets 29 Months in Jail for Impersonation at Rourkela Hospital
Telangana Medical Council Acts Against Illegal Medical Practice
Rourkela: A 54-year-old man who impersonated a qualified medical practitioner using forged documents at Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) was sentenced to 29 months of rigorous imprisonment by a local court on Monday.
The accused, a Class XII pass-out from Jharkhand, had been posing as Dr. Ramesh Chandra Jha to secure employment at the Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) dialysis centre. He managed to secure the job through Rahi Care Dialysis, a Chandigarh-based outsourcing firm.
Medical Dialogues had previously reported that a quack working as a medical officer at Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) in Odisha, hired through an outsourcing agency, has been arrested for forgery and impersonation. This marks the third instance of his apprehension on similar charges.
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The fraud was uncovered when the man attempted to secure a personal loan of ₹16.53 lakh from a private non-banking financial company. During the document verification process, the financial institution discovered that the man had submitted medical certificates belonging to Dr. Jha, but with his own photograph pasted onto them.
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