The alleged notorious nexus between private diagnostic laboratories and some medical staffers at the state’s largest medical facility—Sir JJ Hospital—has come to a halt, thanks to the hospital’s new dean, Dr Pallavi Saple. A strict message has been sent to everyone and notices have been pasted on the hospital walls stating, “Outsider medical agencies and pathology labs are not allowed in hospital premises.” 

A source from the hospital said, “For the past few months, many who got admitted in the evening were told to get basic blood tests done from outside, even when an in-house lab is available. Private lab employees used to move freely in and out of the hospital and JJ staff would write down certain tests on a sheet of paper and also provide the mobile number of the person from the private lab. Patient’s relatives would then call the number, following which their representative would come and collect the samples.”