Degree of doctor posing as cardiologist found fake

ourThe cardiologist degree of Dr Pankaj Mohan Sharma, who performed over 50 heart surgeries in over 8 months at the Heart Centre of the Badshah Khan Civil Hospital, Faridabad, has been found to be fake.

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Following the revelation, a fresh case has been registered against Pankaj Mohan Sharma; Dr N Pratap Kumar, CMD of Meditrina Hospital Private Limited, which operates the Heart Centre on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis; HR head Dalip Nair; centre head Piyush Srivastava; Mandeep; and Haryana centre head Ajay Sharma at SGM Nagar Police Station.

Dr Pankaj Mohan, director of KP Heart and Skin Centre, had received information that someone was fraudulently using his name to provide cardiology services at the heart centre operating within the District Civil Badshah Khan Hospital under PPP mode. Dr Sharma came under scrutiny after social activist and advocate Sanjay Gupta filed a police complaint on April 11, alleging that Sharma had acquired additional degrees using forged documents. Cardiologist Dr Pankaj Mohan also formally alerted CMO Dr Jayant Ahuja about the issue in a written communication dated April 21. An FIR had earlier been registered against Dr Sharma at the NIT, Faridabad, Police Station.

According to the preliminary investigation, the accused had been operating under a stolen identity, using the National Medical Commission (NMC) registration number assigned to the legitimate cardiologist Dr Pankaj Mohan. He had been hired by Meditrina Hospital, which manages the Heart Care Centre at Badshah Khan Civil Hospital, in July last year.

According to the centre, Dr Pankaj Mohan Sharma worked from July 18, 2024 to February 5, 2025, and, during that time, had seen over 4,100 heart patients.