PMJAY Deaths Case: Another Khyati Hospital Director arrested
Ahmedabad: In connection with the deaths of two Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) beneficiaries following botched angioplasty procedures at Khyati Multispeciality Hospital in Gujarat's Ahmedabad last month, another director of the facility has been arrested, bringing the total number of arrests to eight.
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, following which two of them died, prompting Vastrapur police to register three FIRs the next day.
The probe showed the hospital organised free check-up camps in villages to convince 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.
According to the PTI report, based on a tip-off, Rajshree Kothari, one of the directors of Khyati Multispeciality Hospital, was held by a Crime Branch team when she and her husband Dr Pradip Kothari were on their way to Bhilwara from Kota in Rajasthan, a police release said.
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