Khyati Hospital row: Tainted past of top management, BJP connection suspected

Ahmedabad’s Khyati Hospital is facing legal action after two patients from Kadi died following angioplasty which was allegedly conducted to benefit from a government scheme.

It all started 8-10 years ago, when Dr Sanjay Patolia, a Rajkot-based bariatric surgeon established the Asian Bariatric hospital in a prime location at the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway in Ahmedabad.

However, after the hospital’s initial partners backed off, the hospital was renamed Khyati Multispeciality Hospital, based on its association with Khyati Group.

The group’s website reads, “specialisation in real estate, education, health care, pulp & paper industry & infrastructure”.

Dr Patolia, who continued his association with the hospital, currently faces action in the Kadi patients’ death case. The medical officer who is part of the investigating team contacted New Life Hospital of Rajkot owned by Dr Patolia and got to know that he visits Rajkot OPD for surgeries every Thursday. However, his six surgeries lined-up for Tuesday were cancelled after the Khyati hospital scam came out.

Illegal business?

The Khyati Multispeciality Hospital of Khyati Group has been running its business for years without a valid registration under the Gujarat Clinical Establishment Act, 2021. A BJP leader is suspected to be part of the profit-making Khyati Hospital.

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