MEDICAL PROCEDURES

Botched angioplasty deaths: Gujarat hospital used ‘emergency’ tag for swift PM Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana nods

According to crime branch sources, PM-JAY officials revealed that they did not take time to thoroughly review each application and relied solely on the "emergency" tag to expedite pre-authorisation requests so the hospital could go ahead with the medical procedures without delay.

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