Lucknow : MD of private hospital arrested for hiring people as patients to get MCI recognition
Lucknow: The managing director and MD of a private medical institute Dr. Shekhar Saxena in Thakurganj was arrested after a police raid which revealed that the laborers were made to play as 'patients' in the hospital in order to get recognition from the Medical Council of India, all to gain recognition to run a medical college.
As per a media report in the Times of India, the raid took place on late Tuesday night after a complaint was filed by a laborer who alleged that the hospital was keeping some people as hostage .The accused person has been identified as the managing director of the MC Saxena Group of College, who was arrested on charges of luring laborers and forcing them to impersonate as patients, in order to pass the MCI inspection.
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