Ex-PGI doctor gets five years in jail for cheating patients
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Chandigarh Former head of the PGI Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department, Professor R S Dhaliwal, was sentenced to five years of imprisonment with a fine of Rs 70,000 for purchasing artificial heart valves at exorbitant rates in connivance with a chemist.
The chemist Sat Pal Singla, owner of Paul Medical Hall in
Sector 11, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment and fined Rs
50,000. The judgment was pronounced by Justice Jagdeep Jain of the
special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation at the district
court complex on Tuesday.
The doctor was seen waiting anxiously for the verdict and seemed shattered when the court passed the sentence. “He did not expect such a long imprisonment,” one of his friends told mediapersons.
Sat Pal Singla was granted bail till April 3 after his lawyer moved an application. The bail was granted on the condition that the accused would surrender before the court if he fails to get relief from a higher court. Dr Dhaliwal was sent to jail directly.
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