Pune: Doctor held for demanding Rs 1,500 bribe to issue antigen test report

Written by Medical Dialogues Bureau Published On 2021-03-02T10:15:59+05:30 | Updated On 2 March 2021 4:16 PM IST

Pune: Doctor held for demanding Rs 1,500 bribe to issue antigen test report

Pune: An Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team of Pune has arrested a doctor from Daund town of the district for allegedly demanding a bribe to issue an antigen test report.

According to an official statement, Dr Milind Kamble was working in a government hospital in the Daund area.

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He demanded and accepted around Rs 1,500 bribe from laborers to issue an antigen test report.

Around 19 laborers from the area had gone for an antigen test at a government hospital on February 26. Despite the test being offered free by the government at government hospitals in the state, the doctor on duty demanded a bribe from laborers.

The ACB team caught the doctor red-handed.

A case has been registered against him under relevant sections. Further investigation is underway.

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Source : ANI

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