'Fake doctor' probe: Death of ex-Chhattisgarh Speaker after heart operation under scanner

RAIPUR: The administration in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, has sent a notice to a well-known private hospital following allegations that " Dr John Camm , aka Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav ", operated on former Chhattisgarh Speaker Rajendra Prasad Shukla, who died shortly after surgery in 2006.

The notice seeks to know how long Camm was employed with them and details of the patients he saw. Shukla was a Congress MLA from Kota assembly constituency and was the first Speaker of the Chhattisgarh assembly, from 2000 to 2003.

Camm, now in MP police custody, is accused of carrying out unauthorised cardiac surgeries on 13 patients in Damoh in two months, after which seven of them died.


Camm's credentials as a medical practitioner are under scrutiny. Around 400km from Damoh, chief medical and health officer of Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur is probing allegations that Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav "treated" heart patients there too nearly two decades ago.

The notice seeks information on Yadav's employment, position and tenure at Apollo Hospital in Bilaspur, his education and expertise, and whether he was registered with Chhattisgarh Medical Council . The notice also inquires if he worked as a cardiologist, number of operations he performed, how many were successful, and number of post-operative deaths.

Apollo Hospital has also been asked to provide a photocopy of Yadav's appointment letter and to disclose whether any complaints were raised about his qualifications or skills prior to this incident, and, if so, what action was taken. The hospital has been told to submit its report within three days. Hospital PRO Devesh Gopal told TOI that they have received CMHO's notice and will respond in due course. "I have to check exact date of receipt," he said when asked about the deadline.

"He has accepted that most of his certificates are fake. We are trying to verify his MBBS degree," Damoh SP Shrut Kirti Somavanshi had told TOI last Tuesday.