Doctor arrested for 'treating' dead body for two days in Maharashtra

Uran Islampur (Maharashtra): A shocking case has come to light from the Sangli District of Maharashtra. A dead body was kept at the hospital and treated for two days, saying the person is alive. This incident took place in Islampur's Aadhar Health Care, where Dr Yogesh Rangrao Watharkar has been arrested for financial fraud and defacement of dead bodies.

This news has created a stir in the medical field. Salim Hameed Sheikh, a chef from Kasegaon, had complained in this regard. The accused Dr Watharkar has been working at the Aadhar Health Care in the Mankeshwar Chitra Mandir area near the bus stand in the city.

Corona patients have been treated at this hospital for the last one and a half years. On February 24, Salim Sheikh admitted his mother Saira (age 60) to Aadhar Health Care for treatment where Dr Yogesh was treating her. Patient Saira died on March 8 at 12 noon while undergoing treatment. The doctors hid the information from Saira's son Salim Sheikh and continued treatment on the body. Two days later, Dr Watharkar called the relatives and informed them that the patient was dead.

According to the complaint, Salim was told that they treated his mother till the 10th of March, and asked them to submit a bill of Rs 41,289, which he had submitted. Saira Sheikh died on March 8 while undergoing treatment at Aadhar Health Care. This was recorded in the death certificate records of the Islampur Municipal Council.

The death certificate records show that the death occurred on March 8. However, doctors gave the body to Salim on March 10. The relatives found out about the situation and lodged a complaint against the doctor on the matter. Meanwhile, a case has been registered against the doctor under sections 406, 420, 464 and 297 of the IPC. Police Inspector Narayan Deshmukh is investigating the matter.