Fake Cardiologist Case: MP Hospital's license suspended

Damoh: The license of Mission Hospital in Damoh, where seven patients died due to botched angiography and angioplasty procedures allegedly performed by the fake UK-based cardiologist, Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav aka 'Dr John Camm', has been suspended. The hospital has been directed to halt the admission of new patients.

The Madhya Pradesh health department took action after finding that the hospital’s license had expired on March 31, 2025, and it could not renew the license because it failed to fix the shortcomings that were pointed out earlier by the authorities.

Damoh district's Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Mukesh Jain told PTI that the hospital's management applied for renewal in December last year. The application for renewal of the licence, an official authorisation needed by a healthcare facility to function legally, was returned to the management after some shortcomings were found in the hospital.

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Jain said the hospital was told to apply again within seven days after fixing the shortcomings in accordance with the Madhya Pradesh Nursing Home and Clinical Establishment (Registration and Licensing) Act, 1973. However, the hospital failed to do so.

"The hospital failed to resubmit the application within the stipulated time. So, the license of Mission Hospital has been suspended till further notice. The hospital has been told not to admit new patients. Instructions have been given to shift the patients admitted there to the Damoh district hospital," Jain told reporters.

When asked about the reason for the return of the hospital's renewal application, Dr Jain said, "They did not have operators for their pathology lab and blood bank. They also did not have a doctor for anaesthesia."

Following the suspension of the license, the lawyer of Mission Hospital, advocate Shashank Shekhar, has informed that the hospital management has decided to approach the court to challenge the administrative order.

Advocate Shashank Shekhar told The Hindu, “They have suspended the license based on a shortage of technicians and doctors. Most hospitals in the State have a shortage of staff, and especially in many government hospitals, the sanctioned strength is more than the available staff."

Medical Dialogues had previously reported that the fake cardiologist was arrested based on a complaint by Damoh district's Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), MK Jain after a former speaker of the Chhattisgarh assembly and 7 other patients lost their lives following a botched cardiac surgery at Apollo Hospital in Bilaspur and Missionary Hospital in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, respectively.

In his complaint, CMHO Jain alleged Dr Camm had committed fraud by performing angiography and angioplasty on patients at the Mission Hospital without being registered with the Madhya Pradesh Medical Council.

The accused, whose real name is believed to be Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, is said to have used the identity of a real doctor from the UK named 'Dr John Camm'. He pretended to be a skilled and experienced heart specialist with a medical degree from the UK and used this fake identity to treat patients in India.

9 employees of Mission Hospital held

On Tuesday, the police registered a case against nine persons for allegedly running an illegal cath lab in the hospital, days after the facility was sealed.

"Nine persons, including the director of Mission Hospital, have been booked for getting the registration of the cath lab done through online mode based on forged documents," police said.

According to an official, the hospital had obtained registration for the cath lab by forging the signature of a Jabalpur-based doctor, Akhilesh Dubey, reports PTI.

Mission Hospital’s lawyer, advocate Shashank Shekhar, told The Hindu, “It’s not just the signature that is required for the registration. The process also requires OTP verification through email, and the phone number of the doctor, which we cannot get without his consent. He gave his number and email. There was also a letter of declaration that he had given to the hospital, but it was taken away by the NHRC (National Human Rights Commission) team, which visited Damoh to probe the case."

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