Surat: The two homeopathy doctors who are accused in a case of black-marketing of remdesivir injection have been ordered to work for 15 days in the ICU ward at Covid-19 hospital in New Civil Hospital (NCH). The two will be on duty in different shifts.
On Thursday, a local court had ordered Dr Hitesh Dabhi and Dr Sahil Ghoghari to serve for 15 days at the Covid-19 ward of New Civil Hospital (NCH) while granting them bail.
“The accused will be assigned duties at the ICU ward of Covid-19 hospital. The court has ordered intensive work hence the two will be work in the ICU. They will have to take care of patients under supervision of the in-charge doctors,” said Dr Onkar Chaudhary, chief medical officer, NCH.
The arrested accused with the vials
Surat: Two homeopathy doctors were among five persons arreted for black marketing of remdesivir injections in yet another racket that was busted in the city on Sunday.
The prevention of crime branch (PCB) recovered three vials of the injection which they were selling at almost 15 times the market price.
One of the arrested doctors had purchased six vials from an unidentified person on New Civil Hospital (NCH) campus for Rs 7,000 each. The accused were searching for buyers to sell for Rs 14,000 per vial. Police arrested Dr Hitesh Dabhi and Dr Sahil Ghoghari, Jaimish Jikadra, Bhadresh Nakrani and Jenish Kakadiya. Kakadiya was arrested near Bhagal Cross Road on Saturday night with three vials. During interrogation, he named Bhadresh who was caught from Punagam and later names of other accused were revealed.