Lucknow: Fake Covid report foxes doctors at SGPGI, probe on

LUCKNOW: In a shocking incident, authorities at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences came across a fake Covid-19 status report. Taking cognizance of the matter, the authorities lodged an FIR with the SGPGI police station on Friday.
“We have come across a couple of incidents which show that certain criminal elements were trying to fleece poor patients, staying in hotels and guest houses in the proximity of the institute, in the name of cheaper and faster Covid-19 testing.
Therefore we lodged an FIR in the matter,” said Prof SP Ambesh, head of security committee.
He stated that in one such incident, Covid-19 report of a patient undergoing treatment at the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) was forged to create a fake report to facilitate treatment of another patient. Prof Ambesh warned people to be wary of such criminals who were putting the life of scores of patients and health workers in danger.
According to the FIR, Dr Shashank Pandey – a resident doctor posted in the cardiology MICU – was verifying documents related to a patient and his attendants from Gonda.
Upon entering the unique identification and registration number generated for every patient, no match was found. So he enquired about the matter and rang alarm bells.
Station house officer (PGI) KK Mishra said, “We have lodged an FIR under charges of dishonesty, forgery of valuable documents and misusing a genuine official document in the case.”
A team has been assigned to investigate the matter.