gunturodu1 Posted March 9, 2017 Report Posted March 9, 2017 Fake doctor worked in NSW system for 11 years Authorities are investigating how a man alleged to have stolen the identity of an Indian doctor was able to obtain Australian citizenship and work in the NSW hospital system for more than a decade without being caught. Shyam Acharya is charged with falsely holding himself out as a medical practitioner — an offence that carries a fine of up to $30,000 — in this case as a doctor who worked in India many years ago, Sarang Chitale. Mr Acharya is alleged to have used Dr Chitale’s identity and papers, as well as other fraudulent documents, to gain registration with the NSW Medical Board in 2003. Over the next decade, he worked in the Manly, Hornsby, Wyong and Gosford hospitals before ceasing employment — and his false medical registration — in 2014. While Mr Acharya was employed as a junior doctor, requiring supervision, at least one case arose where his clinical competency was called into question. The details of that case were not known last night but already have prompted legal action by the patient. Mr Acharya’s current whereabouts is unclear. He appears to have sought to start a medical communications business in 2016 out of a Sydney premises, but its phones were not answered last night. Other attempts to contact him proved unsuccessful. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency alerted NSW Health to the allegations in November last year and the case was mentioned in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Monday. It was made public only yesterday afternoon and it is not known how long authorities had suspicions. “Investigations of the two relevant local health districts have found only one clinical incident where there were concerns about the adequacy of the treatment, although it is noted that Mr Acharya’s involvement was only as one of a number in the clinical team that treated the patient,” NSW Health said in a statement. “The Medical Council of NSW and the Health Care Complaints Commission have advised they have received no complaints about Mr Acharya.” As a consequence of the medical fraud investigation, the Australian Federal Police, Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have now started investigating how Mr Acharya came to become an Australian citizen. “The matters currently before the court do not deal with how he was able to enter and leave Australia or how he obtained Australian citizenship in the name of the other doctor,” NSW Health said in its statement. An Immigration Department spokesman said last night citizenship fraud was “a serious matter with serious consequences” and the case was under investigation. A spokeswoman for AHPRA, which is preparing further submissions for the court, gave no further information yesterday. Mr Acharya was registered as a doctor the same year Indian-trained American surgeon Jayant Patel began working at Bundaberg Base Hospital. He worked throughout the Patel controversy and the subsequent tightening of regulations for overseas-trained doctors. While Patel trained as a doctor, he hid his past malpractice. He was accused of criminal offences as serious as murder but subsequent convictions for the unlawful killing of three patients, and grievous bodily harm to a fourth, were quashed. He pleaded guilty to two counts of dishonestly gaining registration and two related to dishonestly gaining employment in Queensland. It was unclear last night whether Mr Acharya faces further charges, but NSW Health has appealed for any of his former patients who had concerns to contact the department. “NSW Health’s recruitment processes have been strengthened since 2003,” the department said. “Since 2011, in addition to written references, direct verbal referee checks are required for all junior medical officers, including overseas-trained doctors — one from a current supervisor.” Opposition health spokesman Walt Secord last night demanded the government contact all of Mr Acharya’s former patients and reveal what steps it had taken to ensure no other fake doctors were working in the system. http://jagrukbharat.com/13749/fake-doctor-worked-in-nsw-system-for-11-years Quote
chicchara Posted March 9, 2017 Report Posted March 9, 2017 treatment ki kuda support theeskoni chesinattu unaru. its not possible ani telidhu emo Quote
rapchik Posted March 9, 2017 Report Posted March 9, 2017 6 minutes ago, gunturodu1 said: Fake doctor worked in NSW system for 11 years Authorities are investigating how a man alleged to have stolen the identity of an Indian doctor was able to obtain Australian citizenship and work in the NSW hospital system for more than a decade without being caught. Shyam Acharya is charged with falsely holding himself out as a medical practitioner — an offence that carries a fine of up to $30,000 — in this case as a doctor who worked in India many years ago, Sarang Chitale. Mr Acharya is alleged to have used Dr Chitale’s identity and papers, as well as other fraudulent documents, to gain registration with the NSW Medical Board in 2003. Over the next decade, he worked in the Manly, Hornsby, Wyong and Gosford hospitals before ceasing employment — and his false medical registration — in 2014. While Mr Acharya was employed as a junior doctor, requiring supervision, at least one case arose where his clinical competency was called into question. The details of that case were not known last night but already have prompted legal action by the patient. Mr Acharya’s current whereabouts is unclear. He appears to have sought to start a medical communications business in 2016 out of a Sydney premises, but its phones were not answered last night. Other attempts to contact him proved unsuccessful. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency alerted NSW Health to the allegations in November last year and the case was mentioned in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Monday. It was made public only yesterday afternoon and it is not known how long authorities had suspicions. “Investigations of the two relevant local health districts have found only one clinical incident where there were concerns about the adequacy of the treatment, although it is noted that Mr Acharya’s involvement was only as one of a number in the clinical team that treated the patient,” NSW Health said in a statement. “The Medical Council of NSW and the Health Care Complaints Commission have advised they have received no complaints about Mr Acharya.” As a consequence of the medical fraud investigation, the Australian Federal Police, Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have now started investigating how Mr Acharya came to become an Australian citizen. “The matters currently before the court do not deal with how he was able to enter and leave Australia or how he obtained Australian citizenship in the name of the other doctor,” NSW Health said in its statement. An Immigration Department spokesman said last night citizenship fraud was “a serious matter with serious consequences” and the case was under investigation. A spokeswoman for AHPRA, which is preparing further submissions for the court, gave no further information yesterday. Mr Acharya was registered as a doctor the same year Indian-trained American surgeon Jayant Patel began working at Bundaberg Base Hospital. He worked throughout the Patel controversy and the subsequent tightening of regulations for overseas-trained doctors. While Patel trained as a doctor, he hid his past malpractice. He was accused of criminal offences as serious as murder but subsequent convictions for the unlawful killing of three patients, and grievous bodily harm to a fourth, were quashed. He pleaded guilty to two counts of dishonestly gaining registration and two related to dishonestly gaining employment in Queensland. It was unclear last night whether Mr Acharya faces further charges, but NSW Health has appealed for any of his former patients who had concerns to contact the department. “NSW Health’s recruitment processes have been strengthened since 2003,” the department said. “Since 2011, in addition to written references, direct verbal referee checks are required for all junior medical officers, including overseas-trained doctors — one from a current supervisor.” Opposition health spokesman Walt Secord last night demanded the government contact all of Mr Acharya’s former patients and reveal what steps it had taken to ensure no other fake doctors were working in the system. http://jagrukbharat.com/13749/fake-doctor-worked-in-nsw-system-for-11-years Froxy petinda endhi patients vachinapudu...software job ok man...doctor vruthi etla manage chestharu.. I have same kind of stuff in north india recetly.. A doctor worked on his friends name for years...last ki aa friend (doctor) degara oka student home surgeon chesi...city lo hosiptal ki vachidu...akda ee koduku kalsidu with same name.. he was like really..kani akada hosiptal lo andharu vadini mudhu ga oka peru tho pilustharu...adhe vishyam vedu ee doctor ni kalsinapudu chepindu...edu ekado theda undhi..adhi na close friend peru ani poyi chusindu..anthe shock vedu certificate petukoni vadu akada working fom 10yrs... Quote
rapchik Posted March 9, 2017 Report Posted March 9, 2017 1 minute ago, chicchara said: treatment ki kuda support theeskoni chesinattu unaru. its not possible ani telidhu emo support ichetodu gatiga undu...emundhi chepu..compunder gadiki paisla ichi ..vade chepthadu ..em ivali ani ..india type lo Quote
gunturodu1 Posted March 9, 2017 Author Report Posted March 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, rapchik said: Froxy petinda endhi patients vachinapudu...software job ok man...doctor vruthi etla manage chestharu.. I have same kind of stuff in north india recetly.. A doctor worked on his friends name for years...last ki aa friend (doctor) degara oka student home surgeon chesi...city lo hosiptal ki vachidu...akda ee koduku kalsidu with same name.. he was like really..kani akada hosiptal lo andharu vadini mudhu ga oka peru tho pilustharu...adhe vishyam vedu ee doctor ni kalsinapudu chepindu...edu ekado theda undhi..adhi na close friend peru ani poyi chusindu..anthe shock vedu certificate petukoni vadu akada working fom 10yrs... ante chapathi gallaki ivi common hah? Quote
gunturodu1 Posted March 9, 2017 Author Report Posted March 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, chicchara said: treatment ki kuda support theeskoni chesinattu unaru. its not possible ani telidhu emo 11 years ela maintain chesado koduku Quote
afmod1 Posted March 9, 2017 Report Posted March 9, 2017 6 minutes ago, rapchik said: support ichetodu gatiga undu...emundhi chepu..compunder gadiki paisla ichi ..vade chepthadu ..em ivali ani ..india type lo aa fake pakodi candidate gadu Compounder ayyuntaadu... evadido identity dobbesi doctor ayyadu.. Quote
afmod1 Posted March 9, 2017 Report Posted March 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, gunturodu1 said: 11 years ela maintain chesado koduku under supervision work chesadu kada... so vallaki knives, glouses. cottons istuu gadipesadu.. suddenga oka case handle cheymanesariki fuselu egiruntaay...time ki froxy support kuda dorakaledemo pattu baddadu... Quote
afmod1 Posted March 9, 2017 Report Posted March 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, gunturodu1 said: 11 years ela maintain chesado koduku endi @gunturodu1 vuncle.. alaa asking.. mana CPT OPT H1 H4 EAD aunties vuncles manage cheyyatleda..?. GC lu techukoleda... (ippudu kashtamayindanuko)... Quote
icecreamZ Posted March 9, 2017 Report Posted March 9, 2017 good idea... mana pake H1/F1 candidates paniki vachudhi Quote
gunturodu1 Posted March 9, 2017 Author Report Posted March 9, 2017 17 minutes ago, afmod1 said: endi @gunturodu1 vuncle.. alaa asking.. mana CPT OPT H1 H4 EAD aunties vuncles manage cheyyatleda..?. GC lu techukoleda... (ippudu kashtamayindanuko)... ante doctor course kadha.. parnala tho chelagatam. Quote
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