Senior Cardiac Surgeon Alleges Rampant Referral Racket at Max Hospital, Mohali
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Punjab: Max hospital, Mohali has found itself mired in controversy, after a senior cardiac Surgeon, previously associated with the hospital came out in public alleging a strong "referral racket" rampant at the prestigious institute. As per the doctor's allegations, referral money, popularly known as cut or commission, is changing hands not only for patients coming from outside the hospital, but also rampant in the form of inter-departmental referrals within the hospital itself.
The allegations have been put forward by Senior Cardiac Surgeon Dr Virendar Sarwal, who until recently was the Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at the hospital. He is the proprietor of Kanahiya Daya’s Sarwal Heart Surgery in Mohali and he says Max had outsourced its department to him.
According to his allegations, referral money was being regularly demanded by a Cardiologist at the hospital, for referring patients to him. "A cardiologist at Max asked for Rs 15,000 as referral money to be paid in cash to him if he sent me a patient for cardiac surgery. I refused. I don’t buy patients,” Dr Sarwal told
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