New Delhi:
A corruption racket has been uncovered by the Central Bureau of Investigation at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital. The central probe company has arrested 9 folks, together with two docs and two professors, at one of many busiest hospitals within the nationwide capital.
The CBI has alleged that the racket of bribery was operating beneath the guise of admitting sufferers to the hospital, issuing medical check certificates and extorting cash from sufferers for remedies. The probe company stated the accused took bribes in money and digital funds.
Allegations embody accepting cash from firms supplying medical tools and pharmaceutical firms. The CBI carried out raids at 15 areas linked with docs and sellers concerned in medical tools provides.
Dr Parvathgouda, an Assistant Professor within the Cardiology Division at RML Hospital was caught red-handed by the CBI group whereas taking a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh which he acquired as a UPI fee.
A lady on the hospital has alleged that her husband was requested to pay a bribe of Rs 20,000 for the supply of her baby and when she refused, she alleged that they threatened her to cease the supply.
CBI acquired info that a number of docs and workers at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital had been concerned in corruption utilizing numerous strategies akin to – Supplying medical tools or selling docs and receiving cash from personal firms in return.
The CBI alleged that they extorted cash from poor sufferers within the title of their remedy by clerks.
Rajneesh Kumar, a senior technical engineer within the Cath Lab at RML Hospital, has been arrested. The First Info Report (FIR) additionally features a professor within the Cardiology Division, Dr Ajay Raj, together with a nurse, Shalu Sharma and two clerks – Bhuvan Jaiswal and Sanjay Kumar Gupta, who work on the hospital, and 5 folks working for various tools provide firms.
They’ve been arrested beneath Prevention of Corruption and Felony Conspiracy fees. In addition to the 9 arrests, the CBI has filed FIRs towards 16 folks and initiated an investigation.