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The Jammu and Kashmir authorities connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) suspended a doc and ordered an inquiry into allegations of misrepresentation of 103 cardiac procedures nether the PMJAY-SEHAT strategy astatine Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag, successful southbound Kashmir.
“An enquiry was initiated aft a ailment was received. A fewer things came to the fore during the investigation, and the doc was suspended. The doc volition beryllium fixed a accidental to contiguous his case. We volition reason the enquiry and volition not let immoderate doc to play with the lives of patients,” said J&K Health Minister Sakina Itoo.
The doc has been identified arsenic Dr. Syed Maqbool Ahmad Shah, Associate Professor of Cardiology. “During the play of his suspension, helium shall stay attached to the bureau of Government Medical College, Jammu,” the bid said.
According to the preliminary investigation, the doc allegedly falsified aesculapian records. “The doc really performed Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing (LBBAP) portion claiming funds for a Dual Chamber Pacemaker. After LBBAP cases showed an alarming spike, the State Health Agency (SHA) referred the information to the Head of Department (HoD) of Cardiology astatine SKIMS, Soura, for an adept review,” said the preliminary probe report.
The adept sheet reported that “LBBAP is simply a highly specialised process with strict objective boundaries”. “Twenty-seven of the 55 patients (49%) had mean LV (left ventricular) relation and wide QRS morphology. There was absolutely nary aesculapian crushed to execute LBBAP connected these 27 individuals,” it added.
The probe further alleged “flagrant procedural misrepresentation”. “He (the doctor) logged mendacious descriptions successful the authoritative Transaction Management System (TMS), bypassed the authorities proviso chain, and extorted wealth from patients who were legally entitled to escaped healthcare,” it added.
Officials said the State Anti-Fraud Unit (SAFU) had received aggregate alerts from tract teams regarding “suspected out-of-pocket expenditures incurred by mediocre patients astatine GMC, Anantnag”.
“A preliminary table audit of the TMS data flagged a signifier nether the Cardiology speciality. It revealed that 103 cardiac cases were booked nether the Dual Chamber Pacemaker package. On December 19, 2025, the SAFU squad conducted an unannounced on-site probe astatine GMC Anantnag,” the study said.
It alleged that a patient, Peer Rafiq Ahmad, confirmed that “he was forced to wage ₹70,000 retired of his ain pocket”. The outgo was made straight to a backstage firm, M/S SSB Combination. “The diligent explicitly confirmed that Dr. Maqbool performed the process and directed the outer fiscal transaction,” it added.
Meanwhile, GMC Anantnag head Mukbil Lateef said, “No idiosyncratic tin beryllium declared guilty until the enquiry is completed and work is established.”
