The Al Shifa Hospital at Ernakulam boasted of advance treatment for piles and fissure - a rich man's illness as it is widely termed to be. It has been in existence for quite a while and boasted of a large clientele at various stages of treatment of the illness. The hospital is housed in an imposing building of concrete and glass, located at a prime spot in the city and its frontage matched the reception of any five star hotel! I remember having taken my cousin's husband for a scan since he has a problem of piles quite a while ago.
It has suddenly come into the news for the following:-
(a) Its managing director, Shajahan Yousef Sahib, was expelled from the Travancore Cochin
Medical Council.
(b) The Council's disciplinary committee, in its report, had concluded that Sahib's MCI
Registration number was false.
(c) Consequently, his registration was cancelled and his IMA membership suspended.
(d) The hospital was shut down amid growing allegations of forgery, false documentation and
cheating.
The inquiry was conducted following complaints from several patients against the hospital and Sahib saying that the hospital had no expertise in the field and hence, lots of complications were being reported. It was also alleged that he didn't have the requisite qualifications to practise modern medicine.
Moreover, the MCI had recently replied to the Travancore Cochin Medical Council's disciplinary committee that it had never issued any certificate to Sahib and the registration number that he was claiming to be his was actually that of a female doctor from Kerala!
My take.
Piles is such an ailment that people detest disclosing about it to the others unlike say, heart, sugar or cancer patients. I've always wondered as to why it was so.....was it because of the difficulty that they face in the rest rooms, the discharge of enormous quantities of blood from the anal region and the irritability, consequent to bad/erratic bowel movements? And probably, it was because of this reticence that emboldened quacks like Shajahan Yousef Sahib to have a heyday at the expense of the poor, hapless patients!
Tailpiece.
The north east monsoon has, suddenly, undergone a lull though our caretaker reports that it has been very active in Kollam district and the job of clearing the weeds off the third and lowest gradient of our rubber field is taking time.
It has suddenly come into the news for the following:-
(a) Its managing director, Shajahan Yousef Sahib, was expelled from the Travancore Cochin
Medical Council.
(b) The Council's disciplinary committee, in its report, had concluded that Sahib's MCI
Registration number was false.
(c) Consequently, his registration was cancelled and his IMA membership suspended.
(d) The hospital was shut down amid growing allegations of forgery, false documentation and
cheating.
The inquiry was conducted following complaints from several patients against the hospital and Sahib saying that the hospital had no expertise in the field and hence, lots of complications were being reported. It was also alleged that he didn't have the requisite qualifications to practise modern medicine.
Moreover, the MCI had recently replied to the Travancore Cochin Medical Council's disciplinary committee that it had never issued any certificate to Sahib and the registration number that he was claiming to be his was actually that of a female doctor from Kerala!
My take.
Piles is such an ailment that people detest disclosing about it to the others unlike say, heart, sugar or cancer patients. I've always wondered as to why it was so.....was it because of the difficulty that they face in the rest rooms, the discharge of enormous quantities of blood from the anal region and the irritability, consequent to bad/erratic bowel movements? And probably, it was because of this reticence that emboldened quacks like Shajahan Yousef Sahib to have a heyday at the expense of the poor, hapless patients!
Tailpiece.
The north east monsoon has, suddenly, undergone a lull though our caretaker reports that it has been very active in Kollam district and the job of clearing the weeds off the third and lowest gradient of our rubber field is taking time.
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