Ahmedabad. The two beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat Yojana in Gujarat who died after angioplasty in a private hospital did not need this surgery. A Gujarat government official gave this information on Wednesday based on the preliminary investigation of the case. The official described the matter as very serious and said that the Gujarat government will file a complaint of culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy against the hospital management in the police regarding the death of both the beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY). Under PMJAY, free health insurance of up to Rs 5 lakh per year is provided to the needy people.

Two beneficiaries of the scheme - Nagarbhai Senma (59) and Mahesh Barot (45) - died on Monday after undergoing angioplasty with stent insertion at Khyati Multispeciality Hospital in Bodakdev area of ​​Ahmedabad. Angioplasty is a procedure in which blocked or narrowed coronary arteries are widened to improve blood flow to the heart. Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare Department) Dhananjay Dwivedi told reporters in Gandhinagar that the state government's initial investigation revealed that seven people underwent angioplasty even though they did not require the procedure. "Our investigation team found that there was no need for angioplasty. Still, the hospital operated on the people. Moreover, these patients were not given proper treatment after the surgery. As a result, two of them died around 10 pm on Monday night. We consider this a very serious matter," Dwivedi said.

Decision to file case against the hospital
He said that 'the state government has decided to file a complaint of culpable homicide, forgery and criminal conspiracy against the hospital management. We will request the Gujarat Medical Council to take strict action against the doctors involved in this act.' Dwivedi said that after the incident, the said private hospital has been 'barred' from treating beneficiaries under PMJAY, while the doctors who did angioplasty and angiography of the patients have been banned from providing services in any other medical facility under this scheme. He said that 'we will also investigate whatever cardiac tests and surgeries the said hospital did under PMJAY in the past. Apart from this, action will also be taken against other medical establishments run by the owners of the hospital (Khayaati Multispeciality).'

Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel on Tuesday ordered an
inquiry into the death of two beneficiaries of the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme after angioplasty. Preliminary investigation revealed that the hospital had organized a free medical check-up camp in Borisana village of Kadi taluka in Gujarat's Mehsana district on Sunday. Patel said that after the camp, the hospital brought 19 villagers to its place, saying that they would have to undergo angiography. He said that after angiography, the hospital did angioplasty on seven of them and also inserted a stent. Two of these seven patients died immediately after the surgery on Monday.