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| Beggar mafia-doctor nexus | | Authorites dragging their feet on the issue | |
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8: It has been a week since a private television channel, CNN-IBN, exposed the beggar mafia-doctor nexus and caught some doctors on-camera willing to amputate beggars’ limbs in exchange for a paltry sum. The expose created a storm both in medical circles and in Parliament where powers that be criticised the gruesome practice and called for strict action.
But despite promising action, authorities seem to be dragging their feet on the issue with the concerned doctors still roaming free. In the impact that followed the expose, Dr Bansal was picked up for questioning by the Delhi police only to be let off later.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) decided to look into the matter and some political figures also promised support. "Criminal action must be initiated against the concerned doctors. The investigation should be on the fast track to ensure these doctors get punished fast," Delhi's former Health Minister, A K Walia, had said.
The Uttar Pradesh police are not even willing to speak to the media regarding the incident despite the fact that one of the exposed doctors, Dr Agarwal, did not even have the necessary credentials to be a surgeon in the first place. Dr Vinod Kumar, superintendent of Civil Hospital, Noida, was quoted as saying: “As far as I know, that for knee surgery, he needs to have a specialised degree and special training. Knee surgery is very complicated. He only had a diploma".
Dr Agarwal, it is believed, managed to carry on for all these years due to his "strong and influential" connections in the Government. The complaints regarding Dr Bansal are now with the Medical Council of India. But they too seem to be dilly-dallying, waiting perhaps for the public to forget the entire episode.
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