Shocking ! Doctor's Father Dies at Hands of Fake Doctor I Kerala Scam I Barkha Dutt

#doctors #kerala #medicalnegligence
Sixty-year-old Vinod Kumar was declared dead at TMH Hospital in Kottakadavu in Kerala’s Kozhikode district less than an hour after he was taken there with chest pain and breathlessness in the early hours of September 23. To his family’s horror, they later discovered that the Resident Medical Officer (RMO), Abu Abraham Luke, at this private hospital, who is responsible for patient monitoring and emergency response, is not a qualified doctor and is an MBBS student who hasn’t passed exams for more than a decade.
The family initially believed that the death was due to a heart attack until Vinod’s elder son, Dr Ashwin Pachatt Vinod, a practising doctor and an alumnus of AIIMS, Delhi, checked the hospital's death summary.
Barkha Dutt speaks to Dr Ashwin Pachatt Vinod, who shares his harrowing experience.

[@navneetgill7075]

This is unbelievable! How could the private hospital hire this fake doctor? Why were his documents not checked??

[@mawisimte7947]

This is so heartbreaking.... Can't imagine what the family is feeling right now.

[@uttiyabandyopadhyay45]

Well done Barkha for bringing these very serious issues to the fore

[@krishi.0]

This is why we need more hospitals like AIIMS , which are run by the government . Many private hospitals and clinics have no licence . Privatization of health care is bad for india . The government should spend more money on health care and education . This is necessary, not mandir or majid or church or trip to visit holy places and no freebies during election . Wake up people , demand free health care , BlackRock has come and they will make healthcare like the USA . You will be forced to inject more and more pharmaceutical poison .Worked in the USA . Demand for free health care and education people .

[@aleyammarenjiv7978]

In USA you have to wait for a long time to start treatment. Recently one inhaler costing 400 dollars was reduced to 30 $ after government intervention. Because a doctor's father suffered, everyone is taking. In Kerala, government medical colleges have done heart transplant surgery successfully .

[@krishi.0]

@@aleyammarenjiv7978 I have worked in the same USA hospital . I do know how it works . There are strict regulations on drugs . The health system is run by insurance companies , pharma companies and bureaucrats. What I am trying to say is that we don't need this system in India . Already the unpadh modi allowed BlackRock to own hospital chains . They have acquired more than 70% stake in KIMS and other hospitals . This is disastrous . Now modi wants the private sector to handle the government hospital . This is suicide . Desh unpadh aur bekar insan ke hath mei deya Gaya hai . Tomorrow the blackrock will start to acquire pharma companies , then what will you do if they start to sell drugs at 1000-3000rs .

[@SidVariar-o6m]

Dr. ashwin should file a Medico-LEGAL Criminal case against the subject hospital DMS for engaging QUACKS as RMO

[@Piyushkumar-i9h3q]

The recent tragic events, including the murder of a young boy in Hathras and another life lost due to medical negligence, highlight an alarming disregard for the law. In both cases, those responsible not only seem unafraid of legal consequences but also play with human lives without any guilt. These incidents raise serious concerns about how well the law is enforced and whether there are adequate systems in place to hold people accountable.

[@geethasasidharan601]

Barkha, Homeo pathi Drs are practicing in modern medicine hospitals as Modern medicine Dr. Please raise this issue

[@sophienaskar9068]

The people are with you who understand what loss is....

[@alteregovasumathi]

Private hospitals in Kerala are hiring doctors who went to private medical colleges who have not passed exams

[@anupabasnet3363]

But a RMO was running an entire hospital alone and killed his father ??

[@saravanamuthu5089]

Very sad Dr. May you recover quickly from this grievance. Must be very hard for Burkha Dutt to handle this interview..so emotional that at one point she couldn't control her emotion. Testing times both for the Journo and the Dr. facing the camera. Watching this news clip was heart wrenching.

[@priyaravi4089]

No words for Dr. Ashwin’s family. I know the pain ofbb by loosing a father 😢

[@leelathomas3346]

Private hospitals even the small one in Kerala are charging very high. There is no regulation or checking in medical services in these hospitals.

[@Sweetie01782]

As a doctor, I understand his grief. U feel so helpless wen u treat thousands of ppl n knw tht u cudnt do any fr ur family cos ur far away . My heart goes out to u dr Ashwin in this hour of grief , but I guess as u said ur ensuring tht no pt will suffer the same so we wish u get ur justice . Lots of prayers coming in ur way 🙏 n may his soul rest in peace 🙏 .

[@mablejohn8095]

Oh god… this is really heartbreaking 😢

[@renukrishnadas6467]

Unbelievable, my heart breaks to hear this. I am sure this fake doctor will get away with this with his political clout and money power. I can imagine this young medical aspirant his helplessness ❤❤ God give this family all strength 🙏

[@japanmesmerises1384]

Mam, it's heart wrenching and shocking to hear this. I really feel angered at private hospitals where people go to trusting the best care will be given. Yes it's criminal that half baked doctors are hired to save money and risk lives of so many loved ones. It got me thinking if my parents really died this way...without our even thinking of such practices. Mam all such hospitals should be closed and their chiefs imprisoned as hard core cold blooded criminals. Mam please fight....God bless you for bring bare truths out.

[@geethamenon716]

This is a sad story 😢😢😢😢

[@shivalimittal164]

This is the condition of every district.so many 1 room hospitals are flourishing .

[@brindaram1073]

His life should not go a waste..... every one comes into this world to serve a purpose, through living or death..... this should be the beginning of the end of fake doctors....

[@travelFoodDoc]

"Now, the general public will think that everything is fine in big hospitals. In the wards, it is physician assistants without even an MBBS qualification who are examining patients. They are hired for much lower salaries than junior doctors. In 99% of places, this happens with the full knowledge of the hospital management."

[@georgekoshy9411]

Unforgivable

[@SidVariar-o6m]

Dr. Ashin should drag DMS to Kerala HIGH COURT this incident raises DANGEROUS PRECEDENTS, for the future of medical practice in India, forget about Kerala

[@aleyammarenjiv7978]

There is saying in English. A doctor bury his mistake. But a pharmacist face the law. Western countries pharmacist is responsible for medicine

[@SidVariar-o6m]

Barkha, with due respect to your broadcasting acumen and WAR REPORTING SKILLS in FRONT LINES in Gaza, Kargil, Ukraine, etc. Please glean and REPORT the TRUTH, withour SENSATIONALISM. There is a Heaven-and-Earth difference between CULPABLE HOMICIDES (first degree murder) and medico-legal Manslaughter (absence of mens rea and actus rea) Please ask Honourable CJI Chandrachud and he will tell you the difference in case you are IGNORANT about it

[@SidVariar-o6m]

Medico-legal Negligence, not Culpable Homicide

[@abbaasgertrude4915]

So sad 😢😮 😢

[@carolinesimon9216]

Please check all private hospitals in Hyderabad,,My husband's cancer treatment is going on since 9 months nd I hve 100%doubt some scam is going on regarding, Insurance policy,,ECH card holders nd doctors ,

[@uttiyabandyopadhyay45]

Another horror story, whats going on.

[@SidVariar-o6m]

TELL THE BARE TRUTH DONT INDULGE IN SENSATIONALISM

[@MariaL-nb3rg]

Neet doctors, without qualifying

[@SidVariar-o6m]

In this incredible medico-legal case, the quack was discovered and identified thanks to Mrs. Aswin's discovery. RMH must be made to RECOMPENDE for Medico-legal Negligence after due COURT PROCEEDINGS Barkha, this sets DANGEROUS PRECEDENTS for the future of medical practices, not only in Kerala, but all over India. ..

[@SidVariar-o6m]

Such a avoidable incident should not see Recidivism ever again in medical history

[@surendrankasaragodthalanga7564]

Give the name of the hospital please

[@mojostory]

TMH hospital

[@SidVariar-o6m]

Rather, MEDICO-LEGAL MANSLAUGHTER, not Culpable Homicide. No hospital kills patients deliberately, LET THE COURTS DECIDE, Dr. Ashwin Vinod, do not jump into conclusions, since your father was already having CVD and stented twice. LET THE COURTS DECIDE

[@Sweetie01782]

@@SidVariar-o6m is it okay fr a 2nd yr fail medico to work in a medical institution without a degree , n to treat a patient without being qualified.

[@rajnishtuli3960]

Uuff god..😢😢.

[@SidVariar-o6m]

Barkha, the entire OBJECTIVE CRUX of this painful and Heart-wrenching lies with the Board of Managers, or, in other words. DMS ARE THE REAL CULPRITS In truth Dr. Vinod, your father needed the PROFESSIONAL SKILLS and EXPERTISE of a Cardiologist, not just an MBBS doctor Let us not be EMOTIONAL, nor HYSTERICAL. PLEASE ALLOW THE COURTS TO DECIDE THE QUANTUM OF COMPENSATION in the just cause of your father..

[@SidVariar-o6m]

YOUR FATHER, Dr. Ashwin Vinod, demanded the PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT of a CARDIOLOGIST, not an UNQUALIFIED RMO

[@mosamaster]

Horror

[@SidVariar-o6m]

Why did Dr.Ashwin not bring his father to Chandigarh for treatment.?

[@Lakshyam9]

In an emergency, the patient should travel, is it??? Have some common sense

[@SidVariar-o6m]

My 93- year mother often went by car to hospital, since NO DOCTOR makes house visits nowadays THIS MAN WAS ONLY 60 years old

[@anjumehta1030]

This is india my beloved india,this is d norm,in india everyone is a doctor but d qualified doctor,in america such a doctor if caught would be put in d jail for life without parole.authorities do nothing if u complain they threaten u.there should be strict rules to tackle this problem

[@Lakshyam9]

Go to US then The medical bills are so expensive, even with insurance that You will go bankrupt as well

[@sundaracholan2225]

In Kerala many private reputed hospitals are managed by christian management. Here a lot of Hindu Patients Visit. But the Management Ensures only Christian Doctors are Selected for Service. Brilliant Meritorous Hindus are not given work. They are forced to work outside the state.

[@spearhead5940]

Useless talks bringing religion. Here in the north,there are so many bams,bhms and trainees working regardless as gdmo's .MF• ,none of them is Christian

[@SJ-yg1bh]

Not true

[@sundaracholan2225]

@@SJ-yg1bh Vinod is an example. In Lourdes one renowed psychiatrist told me this

[@SJ-yg1bh]

@sundaracholan2225 You can also see many doctors of all religions working in other religion's hospitals. If a doctor is really good, hospitals will appoint him for sure. They need income

[@joelmsaju3100]

Nice.... please give proof before trying to incite communal disharmony.