States »WesPosted at: May 9 2021 4:50AM

FIR against Thane doctor for treating Covid patients

Thane, May 9 (UNI) The Rural Police have registered a first information report against a doctor who allegedly treated Covid patients at his hospital without due permission of the Medical department and in violation of pandemic regulations.
An offence under sections 188, 269 of Indian Penal Code and also Epidemics Act and the Disaster Management Control Act has been registered against the doctor Umashankar Gupta, who ran a small hospital at Vangani of the district, police said.
A couple of days back, a video of the doctor claiming to treat the Covid patients within two days using Homeopathic medicines went viral. He also charged exorbitantly for the same.
Following the claim, the Medical officials took note of the violations and registered a complaint with the police and the FIR followed suit.
No arrest has been made so far in this regard.
The doctor had not taken any permission from the district administration to treat the Covid patients, it was stated.
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