MUMBAI: Khar-based cosmetologist Poornima Mhatre was arrested on Friday and produced before a Bandra court in a cheque-bouncing case under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
However, within a few hours of being taken to the Byculla jail, she complained of “giddiness” and fell unconscious. The police team that brought her from the Bandra court was still outside the jail and rushed her to the state government-run JJ Hospital.
A jail officer said, “Soon after she was admitted in the women’s prison, she complained that she was not feeling well and collapsed. We sent her immediately to JJ Hospital, Byculla, for medical examination and treatment.”
Mhatre was reportedly “not responding to stimulus”
for hours, prompting JJ Hospital doctors to conduct a series of tests including CT scan as well as urine toxic screen test to rule out drug overdose. She was given alkaline diuresis to accelerate excretion of certain drugs in urine.
When contacted on Saturday, professor Dr Wiqar Shaikh said Mhatre was brought to hospital around 10.30pm. “She has started responding to questions a few hours ago. She is stable,” he said. A senior doctor said specialists from neurology and psychiatry departments were also asked to check on the patient.
TOI spoke to one of the employees at Mhatre’s Gorgeous Skin Clinic in Khar who said that the clinic was open and denied knowledge about her arrest.
A senior police officer from Khar police station said that there was little known about the cheque bouncing case. “We only got a copy of the non-bailable warrant that mentions only the person’s name and address,” he said. The Bandra court later sent her to judicial custody and she was taken to the Byculla Women’s Prison by the local armed (LA) unit police personnel before the medical drama occurred.
However, within a few hours of being taken to the Byculla jail, she complained of “giddiness” and fell unconscious. The police team that brought her from the Bandra court was still outside the jail and rushed her to the state government-run JJ Hospital.
A jail officer said, “Soon after she was admitted in the women’s prison, she complained that she was not feeling well and collapsed. We sent her immediately to JJ Hospital, Byculla, for medical examination and treatment.”
Mhatre was reportedly “not responding to stimulus”
for hours, prompting JJ Hospital doctors to conduct a series of tests including CT scan as well as urine toxic screen test to rule out drug overdose. She was given alkaline diuresis to accelerate excretion of certain drugs in urine.
When contacted on Saturday, professor Dr Wiqar Shaikh said Mhatre was brought to hospital around 10.30pm. “She has started responding to questions a few hours ago. She is stable,” he said. A senior doctor said specialists from neurology and psychiatry departments were also asked to check on the patient.
TOI spoke to one of the employees at Mhatre’s Gorgeous Skin Clinic in Khar who said that the clinic was open and denied knowledge about her arrest.
A senior police officer from Khar police station said that there was little known about the cheque bouncing case. “We only got a copy of the non-bailable warrant that mentions only the person’s name and address,” he said. The Bandra court later sent her to judicial custody and she was taken to the Byculla Women’s Prison by the local armed (LA) unit police personnel before the medical drama occurred.
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