The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested another accused in connection to Khyati hospital row from Rajasthan.
The crime branch arrested Rajshree Kothari, who has been absconding for the past month in the case of the death of patients during angioplasty and angiography at the Khyati hospital on SG Highway in Ahmedabad. She was sent to a 10-day remand later in the day.
Notably, the arrested accused Rajshree Kothari is the director and partner at the hospital.
Kothari had also applied for anticipatory bail in three cases to avoid police arrest. During the hearing on Thursday, Rajshree Kothari’s lawyer argued that she is innocent and has nothing to do with this case.
“She has been falsely implicated. If the court grants bail, she is ready to comply with all the conditions,” he had said.
Who is Rajshree Kothari?
Rajshree Kothari is the director of Khyati Hospital. Apart from this, she also has a 3.61% stake in the hospital.
Khyati hospital row
A free camp was organised by Khyati Multispeciality Hospital in Borisana village in Kadi. Out of which 19 patients were called for treatment at the Hospital.
Angioplasty was performed on these patients and stents were placed without their consent. After the stents were placed, 70-year-old Senam Nagar and 50-year-old Barot Mahesh lost their lives. Their family members brought the whole scam to light.
The family had protested against the hospital, alleging that the hospital had misused the Ayushman card scheme (PM-JAY) to extract money and inserted stents in the patient without our knowledge. Due to this, two patients died. After this incident, other such cases also came to light.