Government hospital was issuing fake Covid-19 reports; Probe ordered

  • | Wednesday | 16th September, 2020

Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Om Prakash on Wednesday said a detailed enquiry is being ordered into the matter.

A government hospital in Uttarakhand allegedly issued fake certificates to people certifying that they have no symptoms of COVID-19, without conducting an RT-PCR test.

State administration has launched an inquiry into the matter.

Mostly such fake certificates were issued in violation of ICMR guidelines to migrant workers who wanted to go to other districts in search of work.

The matter came to light on Wednesday at SPS Government Hospital, Rishikesh where a doctor was doing this for money, News reports claim. They also produced a sample of one such OPD slip issued by the doctor bearing his signature and the stamp of the hospital as a proof.

Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Om Prakash on Wednesday said a detailed enquiry is being ordered into the matter.

The probe will seek to find out for how long the racket was going on at the hospital and how many doctors were involved in it, he said.

Chief Medical Superintendent NS Tomar said as per the guidelines of the Centre and the Indian Council of Medical Research an RT-PCR test alone can certify whether or not a person is suffering from COVID-19. No other document has any legal validity in this matter, he said.


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