Cash for bills: AMC officer suspended

AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Tuesday suspended deputy health officer Arvind Patel for allegedly demanding 10% commission to get bills of approximately Rs 1.5 crore of CIMS Hospital passed. According to AMC officials, Dr Naresh Malhotra of Aditya Hospital in Bhuyangdev, who has been booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, had demanded the money on behalf of Arvind Patel.
Patel’s charge has been given to Dr Mehul Acharya.According to an MoU between the hospital and the AMC, bills for treatment of Covid-19 patients referred by the AMC to the private hospital are to be sent to the AMC’s health department for clearance. Patel was in-charge for Northwest Zone under whose jurisdiction CIMS hospital was operating.