Illegal nursing home racket busted,7 held

Sources said Singh,Umesh Kumar (pharmacist) and Ashok Kumar (lab technician) — employees of the district hospital — were partners in the nursing home,which was not registered with the office of Chief Medical Officer. The other men arrested were Santosh Kumar,Ajay Kumar,Pushraj Singh and Pachu Maurya.

Medicines,operation equipment and other items stolen from the district hospital — beds,stretchers,quilts,pillows and bedsheets — were recovered from them.

“Some government doctors were also involved in the racket,” said Fatehpur District Magistrate T Guru Prashad. “It is a serious offence and needs proper inquiry.”

Prashad had ordered the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Sadar,Ram Chandra,to conduct the raid after receiving a complaint.

The nursing home was running for years without any signboard. The patients coming to the district hospital were sent there for operations and admissions. A few doctors from the district hospital used to perform surgeries and run its OPD.

“An FIR against the accused was lodged with the Fatehpur Kotwali,” said the district magistrate.

“The National Security Act will also be slapped on them as they had committed theft of government property,” added the district magistrate.

The Chief Medical Officer KN Joshi said he has ordered the suspension of all three hospital employees.

An inquiry has been ordered to get the details of medicines and equipment stolen.