Bombay Hospital’s Dr Murarilal Saraf has two registration numbers !

August 31, 2014

Akela

EARLIER you read that 24 illegal doctors are practicing in Bombay Hospital. Now number has increased. One more (25th) doctor Murarilal Saraf alas ML also practiced for 40 years illegally in Bombay Hospital. Not enough, Saraf also practiced with Navy-run hospital illegally and still practicing in Bombay Port Trust (BPT) hospital illegally.

On August 16, 2014 ABI (abinet.org) has published an article under headline “24 unregistered doctors are practising in Birla’s Bombay Hospital!”

On December 28, 2013, Geetika Ghosh (73) fell in her home at native place in Kolkata. She was admitted in Columbia Asia Hospital in Kolkata. After treating her fractured femur (thigh) bone for six days, on January 2, 2013 she was brought to Mumbai and was admitted in Bombay Hospital. She died during treatment in the Hospital on January 21, 2013. Dr Saraf was leading to the doctor’s team. 

Now further, this expose came to light through a Right to Information (RTI) query by Geetika Ghosh’s daughter Nandini Sachde. In November 2013 Nandini filed a RTI and found that Orthopaedician Dr Murarilal Saraf practiced for 40 years in Bombay Hospital illegally. The first time Saraf was registered with Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC-vide registration No 27723) on December 3, 1971 as a MBBS for post graduation (PG). As per MMC rule doctors should renew his license per five years but Saraf had not renewed his registration. Also Saraf passed out MS (Master of Surgery) in 1974 he has not registered himself for post graduation with MMC which is mandatory. Later in 1989 the council has removed his name from the MMC register as never bothered to renew his registration.

Double registrations

To save his skin and avoid to legal actions Saraf adopted another route to register himself. On October 7, 2013 Saraf applied for fresh registration under Amnesty scheme. However, MMC on October 8, 2013 issued fresh registration certificate (registration No 2013/10/3157) to him.

Remember, the Amnesty Scheme is only for revenue generation not for registration. So Saraf’s this registration also comes under illegal. Strangely, it was learnt that MMC had given fresh registration number under amnesty scheme inspite there being a pending complaint before the MMC itself. Apart from case pending before MMC, there was a criminal proceeding pending against Saraf, the copies of which were very much in the custody of MMC. No doctor can be granted registration under the Amnesty Scheme if any complaint or proceeding is pending against him.

“Strangely Dr M L Saraf is the only in the whole of the state to have been given the benefit of this Amnesty Scheme in order to grant new registration number,” said Nandini.

Serial cheater

Saraf is serial cheater to the government. He cheated not only Bombay Hospital but also KEM Hospital, Navy Hospital and also Bombay Port Trust (BPT) hospital.

The documents shows Saraf practiced first at the BMC-run KEM Hospital- cum-medical-college at Parel since 1975 to 2005, as surgeon.

Cheated to Navy

Saraf’s letter head (available with ABI) shows that he practiced since 1992 to 1995 and 2003 to 2006 as honorary with Navy-run-Ashwini hospital at Colaba.

Cheated to BPT

He also joined BPT hospital in 2001 and still is continuing till date. The BPT administration has complained to Wadala police to register FIR against Saraf. The police has issued letter to Saraf and also recorded statement of Nandini.

Nandini has complained to Medical Council of India (MCI) against Saraf. She also met MCI president in New Delhi on July 26. He assured for action on Saraf.

“Kishor Tawari is protecting to Saraf like a son. I will register FIR against him soon,” said Nandini.

Professional Negligence

Nandini witnessed the negligence of doctors. She complained to several authorities against these doctors. A panel of four doctors from the Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir J J Group of Hospitals found that there had been professional negligence in Geetika’s death. ABI is in possession of documents.

FIR registered On basis of that report (copy available with ABI) on October 19, 2013 Azad Maidan police registered FIR (copy available with ABI) under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 201 (giving false information), 420 (cheating), 467 (forging of documents), 468 (Forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (fraudulent use of documents), and 109 (abetment) of IPC against Dr M L Saraf, Dr P L Tiwari, Dr Parikh, Dr N Bharucha and Dr Borges.

When contacted MMC president Dr Kishor Tawari said, “I don’t remember the case. I don’t know who is this Murari. ? I don’t know the lady. Anyone have right to go anywhere. I never work in pressure. The god is with me.

” Despite repeated attempts Dr Sagar Sakle, Spokesperson Bombay Hospital was not available for comment. All time he disconnected our phone calls.

Mumbai's top doctor was practising without licence for 24 years

An RTI query filed by a bereaved daughter revealed that orthopaedician Dr ML Saraf did not renew his registration with Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) from 1988 to October last year; his name was not in the MMC register when her 73-yr-old mother died under his care last year.
A doctor practising medicine in Maharashtra without renewing his registration with the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) is a quack, by the admission of MMC president Dr Kishore Tawri himself.







Nandini Suchde, who filed the RTI, has alleged that her mother, who was under the care of Dr Saraf (above), died due to negligence



Going by this definition, one such quack is the city’s leading orthopaedician Dr M L Saraf, who works with Bombay Hospital. Asked whether a doctor can still practise without renewing his registration and upon the removal of his name from the MMC register, Dr Tawri said, “A person practising without registration, or renewing his registration is a quack.”

Documents available with MiD DAY show that for nearly 24 years, Dr Saraf didn’t renew his registration with the MMC, something that even caused his name to be removed from the MMC register. The precise duration stretched from 1988 to October 2013. However, Saraf kept on practising, first at the civic-run KEM Hospital- cum-medical-college, and later at Bombay Hospital.



An RTI query was filed by Nandini Suchde, who has also lodged a complaint against Dr Saraf and other doctors of Bombay Hospital at the Azad Maidan police station, for alleged professional negligence that led to the death of her mother Gitika Ghosh

The documents were obtained under the RTI Act by Nandini Suchde, who has also lodged a complaint against Saraf and other doctors of Bombay Hospital at the Azad Maidan police station, for professional negligence (‘5 top doctors from Bombay hospital charged with homicide after patient’s death,’ October 25, 2013). The documents show that Saraf got himself registered with the MMC only after October 2013.




An RTI reply from Maharashtra Medical Council
Suchde has alleged that her mother Gitika Ghosh (73), who was under Saraf’s treatment, died because of negligence on part of the doctors in January 2013 at Bombay Hospital a time when he was not registered with the MMC. The FIR was registered under sections 309 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 201 (giving false information), 420 (cheating), 467 (forging documents), 471 (fraudulent use of documents) 109 (abetment) of the IPC.

“I filed the RTI enquiry with the MMC to find out whether Saraf was registered with the MMC or not. He wasn’t, and documents clearly show it. He finally registered in October 2013. I wonder how a top hospital like Bombay Hospital could have a doctor on its panel who wasn’t registered for nearly 24 years. I feel sad that I got my mother treated under a doctor who wasn’t legitimate, while he was treating her in January 2013,” said Suchde.

RTI response
The RTI response says: ‘The copy of registration certificate of Dr M L Saraf is not available in this office. Originally, Dr Saraf M L was registered with MMC vide registration No 27723 dated 31.12.1971.’ The letter also states, ‘Dr M L Saraf had not renewed his registration till 1988-89.

Council has removed his name from the MMC register for time being. As per amnesty scheme of MMC, Dr Saraf applied for fresh registration on December 8, 2013 and MMC has issued registration certificate under registration No 2013/10/3157 dated October 8, 2013’.

Tawri explained, “MMC is the statutory authority, and rules of the MMC Act state that any doctor practising modern medicine in Maharashtra has to be registered with MMC. In this case, if the doctor’s name has been removed from the register failing renewal, it means that the doctor is practising illegally. It’s like driving a car without a driving licence and calls for criminal liabilities.”

The documents say that Saraf, in October 2013, paid a sum of Rs 29,400, for non-renewal and got a new registration number under the amnesty scheme. Asked whether this Amnesty scheme means retrospective regularisation, Tawri said, “The Amnesty scheme doesn’t mean that one’s past is regularised. While he renews the registration, we take a bond.

Submitting the indemnity bond, the doctor applying for renewal has to tell us on oath that there’s no case against him from the past, and if anything happens then it’s solely his responsibility, not of the MMC.” Dr Sudhakar Sane, the former president of MMC, who is also a lawyer, corroborated these facts, saying, “Practising without renewal of registration is illegal.”

Lawyers confirm
IPS officer-turned-lawyer Y P Singh said, “The law of MMC Act clearly states that any doctor without being registered with the MMC and without renewal, is not allowed to practise modern medicine in Maharashtra. And in this case, the 24 years of practice by the said doctor is illegal.” Vivekanand Gupta, another lawyer, said, “Practising without renewal and registration with MMC is illegal and is a professional misconduct.”

What the indian medical council says
Section 1.1.3 of Chapter 1 of the Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics Regulations, 2002, states: No person other than a doctor having qualification recognised by Medical Council of Indian and registered with Medical council of India/State Medical Council (s) is allowed to practise modern system of medicine or surgery.

The other side
Dr Sagar Sakle, spokesperson for Bombay Hospital, said, “Dr Saraf is duly registered with MMC.” When we asked him how he was in the panel when he wasn’t registered from 1988-89 to October 2013, Sakle preferred not to answer. Attempts made by MiD DAY to reach Dr Saraf yielded no result, despite numerous messages and phone calls.

Mumbai's top doctor was practising without licence for 24 years

An RTI query filed by a bereaved daughter revealed that orthopaedician Dr ML Saraf did not renew his registration with Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) from 1988 to October last year; his name was not in the MMC register when her 73-yr-old mother died under his care last year.
A doctor practising medicine in Maharashtra without renewing his registration with the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) is a quack, by the admission of MMC president Dr Kishore Tawri himself.

Nandini Suchde, who filed the RTI, has alleged that her mother, who was under the care of Dr Saraf (above), died due to negligence

Going by this definition, one such quack is the city’s leading orthopaedician Dr M L Saraf, who works with Bombay Hospital. Asked whether a doctor can still practise without renewing his registration and upon the removal of his name from the MMC register, Dr Tawri said, “A person practising without registration, or renewing his registration is a quack.”
Documents available with MiD DAY show that for nearly 24 years, Dr Saraf didn’t renew his registration with the MMC, something that even caused his name to be removed from the MMC register. The precise duration stretched from 1988 to October 2013. However, Saraf kept on practising, first at the civic-run KEM Hospital- cum-medical-college, and later at Bombay Hospital.

An RTI query was filed by Nandini Suchde, who has also lodged a complaint against Dr Saraf and other doctors of Bombay Hospital at the Azad Maidan police station, for alleged professional negligence that led to the death of her mother Gitika Ghosh
The documents were obtained under the RTI Act by Nandini Suchde, who has also lodged a complaint against Saraf and other doctors of Bombay Hospital at the Azad Maidan police station, for professional negligence (‘5 top doctors from Bombay hospital charged with homicide after patient’s death,’ October 25, 2013). The documents show that Saraf got himself registered with the MMC only after October 2013.

An RTI reply from Maharashtra Medical Council
Suchde has alleged that her mother Gitika Ghosh (73), who was under Saraf’s treatment, died because of negligence on part of the doctors in January 2013 at Bombay Hospital a time when he was not registered with the MMC. The FIR was registered under sections 309 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 201 (giving false information), 420 (cheating), 467 (forging documents), 471 (fraudulent use of documents) 109 (abetment) of the IPC.
“I filed the RTI enquiry with the MMC to find out whether Saraf was registered with the MMC or not. He wasn’t, and documents clearly show it. He finally registered in October 2013. I wonder how a top hospital like Bombay Hospital could have a doctor on its panel who wasn’t registered for nearly 24 years. I feel sad that I got my mother treated under a doctor who wasn’t legitimate, while he was treating her in January 2013,” said Suchde.
RTI response
The RTI response says: ‘The copy of registration certificate of Dr M L Saraf is not available in this office. Originally, Dr Saraf M L was registered with MMC vide registration No 27723 dated 31.12.1971.’ The letter also states, ‘Dr M L Saraf had not renewed his registration till 1988-89.
Council has removed his name from the MMC register for time being. As per amnesty scheme of MMC, Dr Saraf applied for fresh registration on December 8, 2013 and MMC has issued registration certificate under registration No 2013/10/3157 dated October 8, 2013’.
Tawri explained, “MMC is the statutory authority, and rules of the MMC Act state that any doctor practising modern medicine in Maharashtra has to be registered with MMC. In this case, if the doctor’s name has been removed from the register failing renewal, it means that the doctor is practising illegally. It’s like driving a car without a driving licence and calls for criminal liabilities.”
The documents say that Saraf, in October 2013, paid a sum of Rs 29,400, for non-renewal and got a new registration number under the amnesty scheme. Asked whether this Amnesty scheme means retrospective regularisation, Tawri said, “The Amnesty scheme doesn’t mean that one’s past is regularised. While he renews the registration, we take a bond.
Submitting the indemnity bond, the doctor applying for renewal has to tell us on oath that there’s no case against him from the past, and if anything happens then it’s solely his responsibility, not of the MMC.” Dr Sudhakar Sane, the former president of MMC, who is also a lawyer, corroborated these facts, saying, “Practising without renewal of registration is illegal.”

Lawyers confirm
IPS officer-turned-lawyer Y P Singh said, “The law of MMC Act clearly states that any doctor without being registered with the MMC and without renewal, is not allowed to practise modern medicine in Maharashtra. And in this case, the 24 years of practice by the said doctor is illegal.” Vivekanand Gupta, another lawyer, said, “Practising without renewal and registration with MMC is illegal and is a professional misconduct.”
What the indian medical council says
Section 1.1.3 of Chapter 1 of the Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics Regulations, 2002, states: No person other than a doctor having qualification recognised by Medical Council of Indian and registered with Medical council of India/State Medical Council (s) is allowed to practise modern system of medicine or surgery.
The other side
Dr Sagar Sakle, spokesperson for Bombay Hospital, said, “Dr Saraf is duly registered with MMC.” When we asked him how he was in the panel when he wasn’t registered from 1988-89 to October 2013, Sakle preferred not to answer. Attempts made by MiD DAY to reach Dr Saraf yielded no result, despite numerous messages and phone calls.

Doctor in practice for 25 years without registration faces FIR

An FIR is to be filed against Dr M L Saraf of Bombay Hospital.

By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Published:January 21, 2015 2:21 am

An additional chief metropolitan magistrate Tuesday directed the Azad Maidan police to file an FIR against doctor M L Saraf of Bombay Hospital, for having practised medicine without due registration for about 25 years.

Nadini Suchde (48), a Colaba resident, had registered a case of medical negligence against Saraf and four other doctors from the same hospital, alleging that her mother Gitika Ghosh died during treatment for femur fracture at Bombay Hospital in January 2013 due to negligence on the doctors’ part.

According to the magistrate’s order, Saraf registered himself as a medical practitioner on December 31, 1971, and never renewed his registration.

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Hence, in 1988-89, the council had removed his name from the register. Later, he applied for fresh registration in October 8, 2013.

“Considering this aspect and provisions of Maharashtra Medical Practitioner Act, it reveals that, there are prima facie ingredients made out for attracting provisions of cognizable, particularly section 33 and 38 of the Indian Medical Practioner’s Act,” the court observed.

According to Suchde, she had sought this information through a Right to Information Act. It is further alleged that she had tried to register new FIR with Azad Maidan police station, but, “for reasons known to the police, no FIR was registered in this cognizable case”. An FIR has been lodged by Suchde against Saraf, Dr P L Tiwari, Dr Parikh,Dr N Bharucha and Dr Borges at Azad Maidan police station.

Sebi disposes proceedings in Datsons Labs shareholding case

PTI May 12, 2016, 07.37PM IST

Tags: sebi| regulations| Rajeev Kumar| markets| Kannan Vishwanath| Finaventure Capital Limited| Finaventure Capital| Dr Ashleys Labs Limited| Datsons

 

NEW DELHI: Markets regulator Sebi today disposed of proceedings against three entities in a matter related to alleged violations in share trading of Dr Datsons Labs.

According to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the entities -- Finaventure Capital Limited , Kannan Vishwanath and Dr Ashleys Labs Limited -- together purchased 8,02,055 shares, or 5.77 per cent of the Datsons Labs in 2012-13.

While Finaventure Capital and Kannan Vishwanath are the promoters of the Datsons Labs, Dr Ashleys Labs had a common director with Datsons.

By failing to make an open offer regarding this aquisition as they were all connected to each other, they allegedly violated certain norms under the Sebi (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers)Regulations .

Rejecting the charges mentioned in the show cause notice earlier issued by the regulator, Sebi Whole Time Member Rajeev Kumar Aggarwal said that the notice is vague and ambiguous as it fails to state why the period between quarter ended March 2012 to June 2013 has been chosen for examination wherein the relevant period is a financial year.

Further he said, admittedly, none of the noticees have, individually, breached the 5 per cent threshold limit by virtue of their individual gross acquisitions during the financial year 2012-13.

"The show cause notice is silent as to whether gross purchase by these two promoters (Finaventure Capital Limited, Kannan Vishwanath) increased total promoters' shareholding (who together held more than 25 per cent shares/voting rights in the target company) beyond 5 per cent permissible creeping limit," the order said.

Further, the show cause notice does not allege any concerted action on the part of Ashleys Labs Limited, Finaventure Capital and Kannan Vishwanath to indicate commonality of objective.

Under the Takeover norms, when entities who hold 25 per cent or more shareholding in a company acquire additional 5 per cent or more in that particular firm, in a financial year then they are required to make an open offer.

Man held for cheating NRI of Rs 1 crore

By R Prince Jebakumar | ENS - CHENNAI

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 The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Saturday arrested a 40-year-old man on charges cheating a French citizen of Indian origin of Rs 1.05 crore.

CCB sources said Rajesh Lotha was arrested following a tip-off that he was landing in the country after a trip abroad.

Lotha, who ran Ashtalakshmi Real Estate in Chennai, had promised French citizen Rajesh Nellore in October 2011 to arrange Rs 30 crore from Mumbai-based financier Karanjudge, they said.

In order to arrange funds, Lotha demanded Rs 1.05 crore, of which Rs 1 crore was transferred to Karanjudge directly while the rest Rs 5 lakh was paid to Lotha.

Subsequently, Lotha handed over receipts claiming to have been issued by HSBC and City Commercial Bank for the ‘Swift Wire Transfer Transaction’. The receipts purported to show transfer of Rs 30 crore to law firm Hogan Lovells in London, where Nellore wanted the money to be deposited.

Nellore later learnt that the receipts were forged. When he approached Lotha seeking return of the money, he kept on giving lame excuses. Aggrieved, Rajesh approached City Police Commissioner in July last and filed a case.

CCB official VG Sridharan told Express that the duo faked the documents to make Nellore believe that they had deposited the money.

Though Lotha was nabbed, Karanjudge remains at large, he said. Nellore had to obtain finance to the tune of Rs 200 crore from a London-based firm for setting up an industrial unit. In order to get the loan, he needed to deposit 15 per cent of the entire loan amount, which worked out to Rs 30 crore, with Hogan Lovells.

Travel agencies sealed, 7 arrested in Jalandhar

Six leading travel agencies, which arranged for students to be sent abroad for studies, were raided and sealed in Jalandhar on Monday. Seven persons were also arrested by the Jalandhar commissionerate police for duping students of several lakhs.

During the raid, the police have recovered Rs 20 lakh in cash, 42 passports, 154 files — 18 among these had been rejected by the foreign embassies as a result of fake documents being attached.

DCP Jaspreet Singh told mediapersons: "Raids were conducted at six offices of these travel agencies in the various part of Jalandhar city. The raided agencies were Express Students Education Service, Videshyatraa.com, Pyramids Services, Scholars Destination, Easy Way Immigration Consultancy and MK Enterprises Immigration." The raids follow tip-offs from embassy offices in New Delhi of countries including Australia, UK, USA and Canada.

These travel agencies reportedly used to charge hefty amounts from students — ranging from Rs 5 to 6 lakh — as fee. Later on, however, their visas were rejected as these were made on fake documents.

The arrested included Parshant, Gurinder Bhatti, Bhavnoor Singh, Sam, Mohan Kakka, Lakhwinder Singh and Rahul.