Quack arrested after patient dies in Chembur
Mumbai: Following the death of an auto rickshaw driver in Mumbai's Chembur area, the police have arrested a fake doctor accused of causing the death by administering medicines and an injection.
According to the news reports, the arrest came after the victim’s wife approached the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which confirmed that the accused had no medical degree, lacked proper qualifications, and was not authorised to treat patients.
Medical Dialogues had previously reported that a quack was booked in Mumbai’s Chembur area after a 42-year-old rickshaw driver died shortly after allegedly receiving treatment and an injection at his clinic. Authorities have confirmed that the accused had no medical qualifications and was illegally practising medicine.
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The case was registered after Sharmiladevi Nantun Jha, wife of deceased rickshaw driver Nantun Jha, complained, alleging that her husband died due to treatment provided by the bogus doctor.
According to the complaint, on December 7 last year, her husband was unwell and had undergone a molar extraction at Lions Club Charitable Trust, Chembur. He continued to work that night despite the pain. The next afternoon, when his swelling and discomfort worsened, his wife took him to "Om Clinic" in Suman Nagar, where the accused — identified as Dr Vishwakarma — examined him, reports TOI.
Jha mentioned that the accused allegedly injected her husband near the waist and prescribed tablets, charging Rs 400 for the treatment. Soon after returning home, the victim began experiencing acute breathing difficulties. Alarmed, the family rushed him back to the clinic, only to be advised to shift him elsewhere. He was taken to Sion Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
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Local residents, according to police, claimed that the accused had been operating illegally in the area for years, allegedly by offering bribes to certain officials to keep his clinic functioning without scrutiny.
