In a dramatic turn of events, Madhya Pradesh Police on Monday arrested a man posing as a British interventionist cardiologist, Dr. N. John Camm, from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The accused, who had been practicing at a missionary hospital in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, is being investigated for allegedly impersonating a foreign medical expert and is linked to the deaths of at least seven patients.
According to Damoh Superintendent of Police Shrut Kirti Somavanshi, the accused had been living in a society in Prayagraj for over a month. He has been identified as Narendra Yadav, a local man who allegedly assumed the identity of a UK-based cardiologist to fraudulently gain employment.
The investigation was prompted by a written complaint submitted by lawyer and district child welfare committee head Deepak Tiwari. He alleged that Camm/Yadav was not a certified medical professional and that multiple deaths had occurred under his watch at the Mission Hospital in Damoh, where he practiced between January 1 and February 13.
District Medical Officer M.K. Jain, along with two government doctors, led a probe into the man’s credentials. Jain’s report revealed that the suspect had submitted certificates with a registration number from the Andhra Pradesh Medical Council. However, no doctor under that name was found registered with the provided number, indicating a likely case of forged documentation.
Jain also noted that the so-called Dr. Camm was never registered with the Madhya Pradesh Medical Council, a legal prerequisite for practicing medicine in the state. On these grounds, the suspect was booked under multiple sections of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) related to forgery, cheating, and use of fake documents.
Further deepening the case, Tiwari claimed that the accused had been prescribing expensive medications under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, potentially exploiting government healthcare benefits. The Damoh administration has involved Jabalpur Medical College to review the circumstances surrounding the reported patient deaths, of which three were confirmed to be directly under the suspect’s care.
The hospital’s public relations officer, Pushpa Khare, clarified that Camm was hired via a third-party agency approved by the MP government, named IWUS. Under the agreement, 50 percent of his salary was to be paid to the agency, which bore responsibility for verifying his documents. Khare mentioned that Camm left Damoh without notice around February 12, expressing dissatisfaction with life in a small city.
As investigations continue, authorities are scrutinizing potential medical negligence and institutional lapses that may have enabled the impersonation and patient deaths.
