Sundergarh: Raising serious questions on Odisha government's verification process of medical professionals, a fake doctor worked at Nuagaon Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Sundergarh district for nearly three years.
As per reports, the matter came to the fore after some local residents of Nuagaon got hold of the education certificates of the fake doctor, Padmanabhan Mukhi Karwa, through an RTI reply. The doctor is now reportedly absconding.
Mukhi was posted at Nuagaon PHC as the Medical Officer (MO) since 2016 after showing fake MBBS certificate from VIMSAR, Burla.
Sources said, he left his past jobs at Hi Tech Medical College & Hospital, Railways and Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) after the authorities started to dig through his past suspecting submission of fake certificate.
P.K Tripathy, the pharmacist posted at the PHC said, “I observed a lot of mistakes in his prescriptions but never objected him as he was senior to me.”
Commenting on the case, the Chief District Medical Officer of Sundergarh, Saroj Mishra said he has written to VIMSAR authorities to verify credentials of Karwa.
“Though I am new to this district, my initial probe revealed that he was registered with Bihar Medical Council. I have written to both Bihar Medical Council and the VIMSAR authorities to verify the authenticity of his credentials. I’ll be able to comment further once after getting their replies,” said Mishra.