27-04-2025
Arrest of fake cardiologist draws attention to India's medical registry system
In 2024, the Haryana Medical Council cancelled the registration of five doctors after they were caught having used forged documents to gain registration. PHOTO: UNSPLASH
NEW DELHI – I ndia's medical fraternity has been rocked by many scandals over the years, but an especially shocking one emerged recently from a hospital in Damoh, in Central India's Madhya Pradesh state.
A certain Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav took on a fake identity as a cardiologist and pretended to be 'Dr N. John Camm', a name very similar to that of an actual British cardiologist: Professor John Camm.
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