Investigations into the deaths of two people last month at Ahmedabad’s Khyati Multispeciality Hospital after angioplasty procedures, which were allegedly performed without patient/family consent or knowledge and to only claim funds under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana, have opened the proverbial Pandora’s Box. The probe by the Ahmedabad police crime branch has found a thriving racket of …
The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana is suddenly at risk of a credibility crisis in Gujarat following the November 11 deaths of two beneficiaries who underwent angioplasty—allegedly without their knowledge, permission and due care. The procedure was performed by the Ahmedabad-based Khyati Multispeciality Hospital on seven people after a medical check-up camp in their village of Borisana in …
After the deaths of two patients at Ahmedabad’s Khyati Hospital, the Gujarat government has filed a police complaint against the hospital’s doctor and director and three others. Notably, Khyati Hospital has been accused of abusing government health care programs like Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana by doing unnecessary angioplasty and stent treatments in healthy persons. Mehta, a health commissioner-appointed inquiry committee …
