31 May,2024 11:24 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
NCP leader Hasan Mushrif. File Pic
Maharashtra minister Hasan Mushrif has committed to improving the civil hospital system to prevent future incidences of malpractice. This guarantee comes after the alleged manipulation of blood samples at Pune's Sassoon Hospital in connection with a recent Pune car crash. The medical education minister addressed the topic when speaking with reporters in Mumbai on Thursday.
Police have arrested Dr Ajay Taware, then head of forensic medicine at Sassoon, medical officer Dr Shrihari Halnor, and staff member Atul Ghatkamble for allegedly changing the blood samples of the adolescent who was supposedly driving the Porsche at the time of the Pune car crash, stated the PTI report.
Reportedly, according to authorities, the adolescent driver was inebriated during the Pune car crash that killed two IT professionals in Kalyani Nagar on May 19.
"The police found that Dr Ajay Taware was on leave on the night of the Pune accident and he got a call from someone. He accepted Rs 3 lakh and called Dr Halnor to manipulate the blood samples. This was absolutely wrong," Mushrif stated.
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Police told the court that the juvenile's blood sample was changed with that of a lady, apparently his mother, to demonstrate that he was not intoxicated at the time of the accident, stated the PTI report.
"We need to introduce some changes and take strict action to stop the outsider interference in the functioning of hospitals. We will overhaul the system and make it foolproof," Mushrif stated. He also stated that the department would ensure Dr Taware faced serious punishment for his involvement in the Pune car crash.
Regarding Dr Vinayak Kale, dean of Sassoon General Hospital, being sent on leave, the minister emphasised, "The report of the committee (set up to probe the blood sample episode) stated that Dr Kale did not perform his duties properly. The decision to send him on leave has nothing to do with him taking my name during a press conference."
Earlier, Dr Kale had claimed that the orders to give additional charge to Dr Taware came from Mushrif, the PTI report stated.
