Daijiworld Media Network - Thane (SR)

Thane, Jul 6: In connection with the death of a 24-year-old man in April this year, police arrested three doctors on Friday. Two of the accused were arrested for allegedly issuing additional fake degree certificates while the third one was arrested for wrong line of treatment.

In a press conference on Thursday night, assistant commissioner of police (Kalwa), Ramesh Dhumal said, "The victim, Ankit Patil, a resident of Shil Phata, developed severe breathing problems and was rushed to the clinic of Dr Mohammad Dawood Khan (43) in Mumbra on April 24 this year. Khan treated Patil at his clinic for over an hour. However, when his condition worsened, he took him to a hospital in his own car, but Patil died on the way."

As per a report in TOI, Dhumal said, "Shil Daighar police registered a case of accidental death and launched a probe. The victim's parents alleged that the death was caused due to wrong treatment given by Khan. As part of the probe, police sent Khan's medical certificates for verification to Thane civil hospital, which said that although his Bachelor of Unani Medicine & Surgery (BUMS) degree from Madhya Pradesh was genuine, he was not competent to handle trauma and emergency cases.

The asst commissioner said, "During the probe, police found that these additional degree certificates were issued to him by two doctors- Mohammad Frahan Mohammad Saheed Shaikh (36) and Abdul Rehaman Hakimuddin Khan (36) in lieu of money."

Civil hospital issued a report saying Khan should have resorted to initial resuscitation and taken him to a bigger hospital by ambulance when the patient became serious. Police arrested all three accused on Thursday. While Khan was booked under IPC section 304, the other two accused were booked under provisions of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961.

Dhumal said all the accused were produced before a local court on Thursday, which has remanded them to police custody till July 8.