Faridabad MBBS doctor who posed as DNB Cardiologist booked

Faridabad: A man posing as a cardiologist, despite holding only an MBBS degree, has been booked by the police in a case of fraud and criminal conspiracy after he was caught allegedly performing 50 heart surgeries over 8 months at the Heart Care Centre of the District Civil Hospital, Badshah Khan. 

Along with him, five others associated with the hospital have also been booked in the case. They have been identified as Dr. N Pratap Kumar, Chief Medical Director of Mediterina Hospital; Dalip Nayyar, head of corporate HR at the facility; Ajay Sharma, head of the Haryana centre; Piyush Srivastava, financial manager; and Mandip, centre head.

The police registered an FIR against the 6 accused under Sections 125 (endangering life or personal safety), 318(4) (cheating), 319 (cheating by personation), 336 (3) (forgery), 338 (forgery of valuable security), 340 (forged documents or electronic records) and 61 (criminal conspiracy) of BNS based on a two month old complaint. Till now, none of them have been arrested. 

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During the police investigation conducted prior to filing the FIR, it was revealed that the cardiology degree of the MBBS-qualified doctor, who had allegedly been posing as a cardiologist, was fake. This led to the registration of a fresh case against Dr. Pankaj Mohan Sharma.

Medical Dailogues a week ago reported about the incident where a doctor with only an MBBS degree and no specialised qualification or training in cardiology, shockingly managed to perform over 50 heart surgeries in just eight months at the Heart Care Centre of the District Civil Hospital, Badshah Khan, by impersonating renowned city cardiologist Dr. Pankaj Mohan. The fraud went undetected for months until one day, patients facing complications from surgery visited the real doctor in search of him and discovered the true identity of the accused.

The accused doctor, identified as Pankaj Mohan Sharma, is an MBBS Doctor. Since both doctors share similar names, the accused stole the identity and even the registration number of the real cardiologist and performed surgeries, putting the patient's life at serious risk. Among those he operated on, several patients’ health worsened after treatment, and some even tragically died.

The fraud came to light when one of the patients, whose condition worsened after a heart procedure at the hospital, visited the cardiologist, only to find out that he had never treated anyone at the civil hospital.

Taking advantage of sharing the same name, Dr. Pankaj Mohan Sharma used the registration number of a cardiologist, Dr Pankaj Mohan, to secure a position at the heart centre. Dr Sharma even used prescriptions that had a stamp that identified him as a ‘cardiologist’, with a DNB (cardiology) degree.

According to probe findings, Dr Sharma served at the centre from July 2024 to February 2025. During the period, several patients suffered complications following the surgery that he had performed, while some had died. 

A week later, the police have now taken action against the accused doctor and the hospital staff for cheating several patients and putting their health at risk through fraudulent heart surgeries.

When asked about the delay, police told TOI that they were waiting for a detailed report and documents linked to Dr Sharma from the civil surgeon's office before proceeding with the FIR.

According to the FIR, hospital officials were aware that Sharma, though a qualified doctor, was not authorised to perform surgeries, but they permitted him to do so anyway.

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