Ahmedabad: After a fake government office and fake toll plaza, a "fake" hospital is said to have been busted in Ahmedabad district following the death of a patient.
A team led by the chief district health officer (CDHO) of Ahmedabad district raided the hospital identified as "Ananya Multi-Speciality" at Kerala village in Bavla taluka.
Officials said that they found that the entire hospital was run by a quack while the hospital was registered in some other doctor's name. The hospital has been sealed and further investigation is on.
"We found one Mehul Chavda from a non-medical background running the hospital along with a nursing staff belonging to Nepal. She failed to give us any documents to prove she studied nursing," CDHO Dr Shailesh Parmar told DH. He added that the hospital was running for the past two months and was registered in the name of another person. He added that a formal police complaint will be filed on Friday.
The hospital claimed to have running ten departments including ENT, Urology, Skin, among others with round the clock service facilities.
The action against the hospital came following a video footage which was doing the rounds. It was made by the family of a girl who died in that hospital.
The family said that when their daughter was admitted, her condition was not serious. Her condition deteriorated there and the quack identified as Mehul told them to visit the government hospital.
They said that despite repeated requests, the hospital was not giving them the medical report of the girl and charged Rs 1.5 lakh.
When contacted, Ahmedabad district superintendent of police Om Prakash Jat told DH that the police were looking into the death of the girl. He said that till now no complaint against the hospital or the quack has been submitted to the police.
Published 11 July 2024, 08:44 IST