Fake Doctor Case: Missionary Hospital's cath lab sealed
Damoh: The cath lab at Mission Hospital in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh where a fake doctor allegedly performed heart surgeries resulting in at least seven deaths, was sealed on Thursday.
"On the directions of the district administration, only the cath lab has been sealed, as all the operations and cases have happened here. There is evidence in this area, so we have sealed the lab. The angiography and angioplasty of several patients who died were performed in this cath lab only," District Health Officer Vikrant Singh Chauhan told reporters on Wednesday at the hospital.
The lab has been sealed after Madhya Pradesh police arrested Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, who allegedly posed as a British Doctor, N John Camm and performed multiple heart surgeries in Damoh's mission hospital, allegedly killing atleast 7 people. Yadav has been accused of forging documents, too, news agency ANI reported.
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One of the victims' relatives, Jitendra Singh Rajput, recounted that he took his father to the hospital after he experienced chest pain, and doctors recommended surgery.
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