49 Gujarat hospitals empanelled on PM-JAY suspended in 2 yrs | Ahmedabad Information

Replying to a query by Congress MLA Amit Chavda throughout Query Hour, Praful Pansheriya, MoS (well being and household welfare) stated that strict motion is being taken towards hospitals discovered violating the scheme’s guidelines and customary working procedures (SOPs).Chavda raised the query associated to alleged irregularities at JCCC Hospital in Jamnagar below PM-JAY. Pansheriya stated the hospital has been fined Rs 8.69 lakh for misuse of govt funds below the scheme. He added that one physician on the hospital, Dr Parth Vora, was suspended from performing operations below the scheme and reported to the Gujarat Medical Council.The hospital was additionally suspended below the cardiology and cardiovascular thoracic surgical procedure classes of the scheme for violating empanelment pointers, in keeping with the reply.Sources within the state well being division stated that among the irregularities for which the hospitals’ empanelment was suspended included inflating hospital payments, charging further cash for procedures, not assembly the infrastructure standards or admitting a affected person below particular situations, and different fraudulent means. It’s notable that the difficulty of irregularities got here below sharp focus after the deaths of two sufferers at Ahmedabad’s Khyati Hospital in Nov 2024. The 2 sufferers, together with others, had been admitted below PM-JAY for cardiac procedures and had been allegedly made to bear unwarranted angioplasties.