‘UK-based doctor N John Camm’ being probed for patient deaths admits most certificates are fake: SP

DAMOH: N John Camm alias Dr. Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, who is accused of performing unauthorized surgeries and causing the death of seven patients, was remanded in police custody for five days on Tuesday."He has accepted that most of his certificates are fake. We are trying to verify his degree from the state he claims," Damoh SP Shrut Kirti Somavanshi told TOI.Camm was detained from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, by MP police on Monday and formally placed under arrest later. Lawyers tried to manhandle him when he was produced in a Damoh court on Tuesday. Police have found that the man who calls himself N John Camm was staying at Damoh's Utsav Villas hotel Room 105 since joining Mission Hospital on a salary of Rs 8 lakh a month, and that the bill was being paid by the hospital management. Hotel staff said that he never allowed anyone to enter his room.However, the police have found his registration with the Andhra Pradesh Medical Council to be fake. Camm has admitted this but verifying the authenticity of his international certificates may prove difficult. "If he's not an MBBS, it's clear that he's been learning through other means," said a police officer.During his two-month stint at Mission Hospital, Camm examined around 70 patients, and allegedly operated on 13, seven of whom died after the surgery. Hospital authorities say they hired him through a Bhopal-based agency at a salary of Rs 8 lakh per month, but did not verify his credentials with the Madhya Pradesh Medical Council.Damoh: N John Camm alias Dr. Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, who is accused of performing unauthorized surgeries and causing the death of seven patients, was remanded in police custody for five days on Tuesday."He has accepted that most of his certificates are fake. We are trying to verify his degree from the state he claims," Damoh SP Shrut Kirti Somavanshi told TOI.Camm was detained from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, by MP police on Monday and formally placed under arrest later. Lawyers tried to manhandle him when he was produced in a Damoh court on Tuesday. Police have found that the man who calls himself N John Camm was staying at Damoh's Utsav Villas hotel Room 105 since joining Mission Hospital on a salary of Rs 8 lakh a month, and that the bill was being paid by the hospital management.Hotel staff said that he never allowed anyone to enter his room.However, the police have found his registration with the Andhra Pradesh Medical Council to be fake. Camm has admitted this but verifying the authenticity of his international certificates may prove difficult. "If he's not an MBBS, it's clear that he's been learning through other means," said a police officer.During his two-month stint at Mission Hospital, Camm examined around 70 patients, and allegedly operated on 13, seven of whom died after the surgery. Hospital authorities say they hired him through a Bhopal-based agency at a salary of Rs 8 lakh per month, but did not verify his credentials with the Madhya Pradesh Medical Council.According to police, Camm claims to have obtained his MBBS from University of North Bengal in 1996. "We are trying to verify it," said SP Somavanshi.The complaint, filed by Damoh district's chief medical and health officer Dr. M K Jain, says Camm performed angiographies and angioplasties without the necessary registration with Madhya Pradesh Medical Council. Dr. Jain's investigation uncovered serious discrepancies in Camm's credentials, it says.Damoh police have registered a case against Camm under multiple sections of BNS and MP Medical Council Act, accusing him of forgery, unauthorized medical practice, and involvement in patient fatalities.Mission Hospital claims it, too, is a victim of "fraud" by Camm, and that he made away with costly medical equipment. Hospital officials say they filed a complaint with Kotwali Police against Camm, accusing him of stealing equipment, much before the scandal erupted.