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PMJAY ‘racket’ case: Gujarat court denies bail to Khyati hospital CEO, cardiologist | Ahmedabad News

PMJAY ‘racket’ case: Gujarat court denies bail to Khyati hospital CEO, cardiologist | Ahmedabad News

Considering the prosecution argument that doctors and management of Khyati Multi-Speciality Hospital had “adopted unethical medical practice to earn illegal money” under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana or PMJAY scheme, the Sessions Court of Ahmedabad, on Friday, rejected the regular bail pleas of visiting cardiologist Dr Prashant Vazirani as well as Chief Executive Officer Rahul Jain. Vazirani, who is accused of performing angiography and angioplasty on the patients under the PMJAY scheme, had submitted in his application that the two patients, who died, “had developed complications, which are known and inherent in the procedure” and that there had been “no negligence or rash act” by the doctor. Vazirani’s lawyer S V Thakkar argued that the 37-year-old was the “sole breadwinner of his family” and had “no past antecedent”. Thakkar submitted, “After angiography he (Vazirani) found nine patients were normal and 10 had coronary artery disease and he advised only seven patients for angioplasty. The two patients developed complications which are known and inherent in procedure and there is no negligence or rash …

Gujarat PMJAY racket scam: Khyati multispeciality hospital chairman arrested 66 days after being booked | Ahmedabad News

Gujarat PMJAY racket scam: Khyati multispeciality hospital chairman arrested 66 days after being booked | Ahmedabad News

The Ahmedabad City police on Saturday arrested the chairman of Khyati Multispeciality Hospital in connection with Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) racket where two men died while undergoing allegedly “completely unnecessary” angioplasty surgeries. Kartik Jasu Manilal Patel, 59, the majority investor and chairman of Ahmedabad Bariatrics and Cosmetics Pvt Ltd was apprehended when he landed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. Patel, who was believed to be in Australia at the time when police registered the multiple cases, was one of the nine owners of Khyati Multispeciality Hospital where the racket of issuing fake beneficiary cards under PMJAY scheme was busted last November. The police had earlier arrested the other owners of the hospital. Patel’s arrest comes 66 days after the three FIRs were filed against him on November 13, 2024. “Patel landed in Ahmedabad from Dubai, flying in economy class of an Emirates flight,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Ajit Rajian confirmed to The Indian Express. As Patel was away in Australia, India had issued Look Out Circulars (LOCs) against him. Investigation …

Fake beneficiary cards ‘scam’: Former General Manager of PMJAY Gujarat among 3 held | Ahmedabad News

Fake beneficiary cards ‘scam’: Former General Manager of PMJAY Gujarat among 3 held | Ahmedabad News

The former General Manager of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Mukhyamantri Amrutam (PMJAY-MA) scheme in Gujarat, Dr Shaileshkumar Amrutlal Anand, who was transferred from the prestigious post in the national health insurance scheme to a village just two days after the alleged racket was busted at Khyati Multispeciality Hospital, has been arrested along with two other persons by the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) in Ahmedabad. Dr Anand, Nikhil Ghanshyam Parekh and Milap Ramesh Patel were arrested on December 26 for allegedly being part of the conspiracy to grant approval of PMJAY cards to people ineligible to be beneficiaries under the scheme, besides the charges of forgery and criminal breach of trust. On Friday, the local court granted the Crime Branch three days’ remand of the accused. Two days after the alleged PMJAY racket was exposed in Ahmedabad earlier this year, Dr Anand was transferred from the Gandhinagar headquarters to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Vaso village of Kheda district after health department officials suspected his role in the alleged racket. On December 17, …