PMJAY Angioplasty Deaths Case: Khyati Hospital Chairman arrested
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Ahmedabad: The chairman of a private hospital in Gujarat's Ahmedabad has been arrested after evading arrest for more than two months in connection with the deaths of two PMJAY beneficiaries after botched angioplasty procedures in November last year.
Kartik Patel, the chairman of Khyati Multispeciality Hospital, was arrested after he landed at the Ahmedabad airport from Dubai late on Friday night, inspector V B Aal of the Ahmedabad crime branch said, news agency PTI reported.
Seven persons underwent angioplasty, a procedure that widens blocked or narrowed coronary arteries to improve blood flow to the heart, at Khyati Multispeciality Hospital on November 11, last year, following which two of them died, prompting Vastrapur police to register three FIRs the next day.
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The probe showed the hospital organised free check-up camps in villages to convince Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) cardholders to undergo angioplasty despite no medical necessity. They were shown in the "emergency" category to expedite government approval, after which the hospital claimed payments under the Central scheme.
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