A physician and many staff members at a medical scan center in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, have been charged for scamming an 18-year-old male and recklessly putting his life in danger. Mahesh Kumar, whose son Shakti suffered from excruciating stomach discomfort, submitted a complaint that led to the case.
Police say the event started on February 12, 2024, when Mahesh took Shakti to see gastroenterologist Dr. Kshitij Saran. Following her examination of Shakti, Dr. Saran requested that the Hope Scanning Center perform an MRCP (magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography) scan. Dr. Saran told Mahesh that although Shakti will recover, the procedure would take time when he received the results.
However, Shakti’s discomfort persisted even after she heeded the doctor’s advise. On March 15, Mahesh brought his son to PGI Lucknow to see Dr. Rajneesh Singh in hopes of finding respite. They were shocked to learn that all of Shakti’s testing there came back normal. After more research, they found that the scan result from the Hope Scanning Center actually belonged to someone else, Ram Milan Goswami, and was not Shakti’s.
When Mahesh got in touch with the scanning center again, he was given another report, this time from Ram Milan Goswami. This raised grave concerns because Dr. Saran had written prescriptions for drugs based on a false report, which would have endangered Shakti’s life.
Mahesh filed a case after these disclosures, and a local court ordered the filing of a First Information Report (FIR). In accordance with several provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), particularly sections 420 (fraud) and 336 (negligently risking life), the FIR charges Dr. Saran, scanning center manager Mahendra Singh, radiologist T. S. Bhosale, and other staff members with fraud and carelessness.
The accusations have been refuted by Mahendra Singh, who claims they are untrue and meant to harass him. Regarding the reliability of test results and the grave consequences of medical malpractice, the case brings to light important problems in the healthcare system.
Sub-inspector Rajneesh Dwivedi has been given the investigation, and his job is to find out what happened in this worrying situation. The case is under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) rather than the recently passed Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita because the occurrences took place before July 1st of this year. The investigation’s findings may spark crucial conversations regarding standards and accountability in healthcare.
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THE PRINT