The police in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh are currently contacting various foreign institutions to verify the claims of alleged fake cardiologist Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav alias Narendra John Camm that he pursued medical courses abroad, officers probing the case said on Thursday.
Damoh Superintendent of Police Shrutkirti Somvanshi told The Hindu that Mr. Yadav, who is accused of impersonating U.K.-based cardiologist John Camm, has a legitimate MBBS degree from the University of North Bengal but he could not clear the entrance test for master’s.
Mr. Somvanshi said that the accused admitted to have forged multiple other degrees like Doctor of Medicine (MD) from various Indian universities.
“We have spoken to the university authorities and they have confirmed his education records. We have also contacted some of his batchmates who recognised him,” said Mr. Somvanshi.
The officer said the accused has claimed that after he couldn’t clear the entrance for the postgraduate degree, he pursued multiple conventional courses abroad like the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians in London.
“We have written to the institutions he has named and are waiting to hear from them. We are also working to get his foreign travel records to verify his claims,” the SP said.
Mr. Yadav was arrested on April 7 from Uttar Pradesh, days after allegations surfaced against him for performing crucial procedures like angioplasty and angiography on patients at Damoh’s Mission Hospital that led to multiple deaths.
‘Lab sealed’
Meanwhile, authorities sealed Mission Hospital’s cardiac catheterisation laboratory on Thursday, considering it a “place of evidence” where Mr. Yadav performed his surgeries.
A district official, however, said that the action was taken after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team, which had visited Damoh to probe the matter, raised “serious concerns” regarding the lab’s functioning.
Published – April 11, 2025 01:13 am IST
