More skeletons are tumbling out of the Khyati Multispeciality Hospital where two patients died after undergoing an angioplasty procedure. A FIR has been registered against the hospital which apparently does not even have the required operational licences. The hospital director Kartik Patel had gone to Australia for a holiday and he has been summoned back to India. His proximity with Gujarat health minister Rishikesh Patel is being pointed out as a key aspect of Khyati playing a key role in getting their amounts under PM-JAY cleared faster than other hospitals. The two patients who died did not require angioplasty and the Khyati hospitals has flouted a major rule by organising a free angiography camp. As per the PM-JAY rule book, no free camps can be organised.
However, a doctor in the know of things told Vibes of India that an angioplasty procedure can be conducted only on a patient if she or he has 80 or more than that percentage of blockage. They alleged that in the case of the two patients who died, it could be that they actually did not need any angioplasty.
The two villagers were “identified” as seven of the 19 patients who had angioplasty after angiography procedures were conducted on them. All the patients were identified at a free screening camp held by Khyati hospitals at Borisana village.
Now it has emerged that under the PM-JAY scheme, no free camp or treatments can be organised. Gujarat is among the top States when it comes to implementations of PM-JAY scheme but questions are being raised as to how the system in Gujarat has been completely scam-ridden. A strong nexus between politicians, doctors and bureaucrats ensure that often surgeries are done on papers. Or like in the case of Khyati Multi speciality case, procedures were done on patients who did not require them. All procedures have been conducted by a qualified cardiologist Dr Prashant Vazirani. At least four cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons said that Dr Prashant had a good reputation and a steady hand. However, all of them were surprised at why he had joined hands with Khyati Multispeciality Hospitals, a group known for wrong doings. Dr Prashant was paid Rs 1000 per angiography and Rs two thousand per angioplasty. “Why did a man with a good reputation and skill agree to join hands with this medical mafia”, a cardiologist told Vibes of India.
Interestingly, the CAG report in Gujarat had pointed to anomalies in the PM-JAY scheme in Gujarat and not cleared Rs 800 crores to various hospitals. Over 65 per cent of medical care in Gujarat is private. Khyati Multi Speciality Hospitals was known for having a good rapport with Government officials in getting their money cleared under the PMJAY Scheme.
The main players of the Khyati Multi Speciality Hospital include Kartik Patel, a building subcontractor turned educationalist and builder and Chiraj Rajput, the hospital CEO who was also Kartik’s partner. Chirag was a medical representative a few years back. How Chirag and Kartik met is yet to come out in the open but they approached SG Road located Asian Bariatrics for a take over. The maximum stake of this Asian Bariatrics was reportedly with Dr Mahendra Narvaria followed by Dr Sanjay Patolia and Dr Manish Khaitan. Dr Manish had left Asian Bariatrics much before the takeover offer came in. Interestingly, though Dr Narvaria reportedly had more stake than Dr Sanjay Patolia, he did not deem it right to work with the Khyati Group especially Kartik Patel and Chirag Rajput whose credibility was questionable. Surprisingly, Dr Sanjay Patolia continued and remained a partner in the new set-up. The police are likely to arrest him soon. A mandatory woman director on the Board has told the police that she was on the board only for cosmetic value.
According to information available to Vibes of India, in six months alone, Khyati Multi SPeciality Hospitals managed to get over Rs 27 crore cleared from Gujarat government just for angiograms and angioplasty under the PM-JAY scheme.
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