doctor arrested

Mumbai: A Nalasopara based doctor has been booked for allegedly molesting a nurse on duty. As per the report, the accused molested a nurse working in his hospital in June.    

In her complaint to the police, the 21-year-old nurse alleged that her supervisor touched her inappropriately while she was on night duty on July 23.   

The victim filed a complaint with the Tulinj police saying that when she objected to his move, the doctor threatened her.    

A case has been registered against the doctor under section 354 for allegedly molesting the nurse while she was on duty. 

In response to the victim’s claim, the accused has told the police that she was caught sleeping on duty and when he confronted her, she accused him of molestation.  

According to the Times of India report, no arrest has been made by the Tulinj police in his case so far. 

A doctor was arrested in Maharashtra’s Sangli district on Thursday for allegedly not disclosing to a woman’s family for two days that she had died, and moreover overcharging them.

The 60-year-old woman was admitted to Islampur’s Adhar Healthcare Hospital in February this year. She died on March 8, but Dr. Yogesh Watharkar, the accused, did not inform her relatives immediately, said a police official.

Dr. Watharkar continued to “treat” the woman till March 10, according to the police official. “The accused told the woman’s son that she died on March 10 and handed over the body,” he added.

The fraud came to light when the death certificate issued by the municipal corporation ten days later mentioned that she had died on March 8.

“The woman’s son questioned the doctor but did not receive any satisfactory reply, so he filed a police complaint,” the police officer said. “We sent the case to the medical board of the government hospital and during their inquiry, discrepancies came to light,” he added.

The inquiry also revealed that the hospital had overcharged the family even for the actual treatment.

Kandivali police has arrested the doctor couple that runs Shivam Hospital at Charkop for allegedly supplying “unutilised” or “leftover” vials of Covid-19 vaccines for unauthorised camps organised at Hiranandani Heritage housing society in Kandivali and other places.

The arrested couple, conducted authorised vaccination camps from March 14 to April 30 at Shivam Hospital. They also allegedly supplied the “leftover” stock to one Mahendra Singh and Dr Manish Tripathi, who held unauthorised vaccination camps at various places across Mumbai. Around 150,000 people were vaccinated with “unused” or “leftover” Covishield vaccines, police said.

The state government on Thursday informed the Bombay high court that beneficiaries were given leftover doses in at least nine camps held by the group.

According to the Kandivali police officers during the vaccination camp, Shivam Hospital authorities did not give the prescribed amount of dose to the people and saved a portion of the dose. The remaining dose was then stored separately.