Hospital staff ‘steal’ medicines in Mohali

Mohali, September 30

Management of Chandigarh Healthcare Pvt Ltd, formerly Mayo Hospital, here today lodged a complaint against its employees for stealing medicines worth several lakhs.

The CEO of the hospital, Rupesh Chaudhary, in his complaint to the police, said a few days ago, while his staff was checking the previous CCTV recordings, he saw a man, Vikas, who had been working at the hospital for the past four years, leaving the hospital on September 18. He was taking out some cardboard boxes which he loaded on a car carrying a Punjab registration number parked on the roadside. Similarly, in the CCTV footage of September 19, the staff also saw some cardboard boxes being taken away from the hospital in a car with a Himachal Pradesh registration number.

The hospital management came to know about the theft. Vikas was absent from his duty and did not come to the hospital after that. Rupesh said he suspected that Vikas and other staff members of the hospital were involved in the theft for a long time.

The Phase 8 SHO, Inspector Rajesh Arora, said the footage of all CCTV cameras of the hospital was being checked and action would be taken against the culprits. — TNS