Changed name after conversion, forged certificates before UK travel, say police

Damoh: Where did the man calling himself ‘cardiologist' Narendra John Camm learn how to wield a scalpel, and why did he change his name? These are key questions for Madhya Pradesh police as they investigate the mysterious past of the ‘doctor' accused of causing at least seven deaths in Damoh's Mission Hospital.His previous name was Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, Damoh SP Shrut Kirti Somavanshi told TOI on Tuesday, adding: "He has admitted that he had created fake documents to use the Christian name he took after adopting the religion. We are verifying this."According to police, Camm said that he admitted to creating fake certificates not to forge his qualifications, but to use his Christian name before his visit to the UK in 2000. During interrogation, he insisted that he did his MBBS at North Bengal Medical College. Police have approached the Siliguri-based institute to verify this.Despite his claims, police suspect Camm does not hold a legitimate medical degree and that he has had no training as a surgeon, much less a cardiac surgeon, yet he performed angioplasty on unsuspecting patients.During questioning, Camm has said that he worked under several cardiologists in the UK and completed courses in interventional cardiology. All his claims are under verification, but this leads to the central question: If Camm wasn't a qualified surgeon, how did he learn to make precise surgical incisions for angioplasty? Who trained him — if at all?A blog page -- braunwaldhospitals.blogspot.com – says ‘Dr. Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav set up Braunwald Healthcare to bring world class healthcare to the poor in India. It has an exhaustive list of his credentials, claiming that he has worked at some of the best known hospitals in the UK and India and has "performed more than 15,000 complex angioplasties in 10 years".In the two months that he was employed with Mission Hospital in Damoh, Camm is alleged to have operated on 13 patients, seven of whom died. Damoh's chief medical and health officer Dr. M K Jain, who filed the complaint that led to his arrest, has reported to police that his investigation found that Camm performed angiographies and angioplasties without being registered with MP Medical Council, and that there were ‘serious discrepancies' in Camm's credentials.The hospital says it recruited Camm through a Bhopal-based agency, Integrated Workforce Unique Pvt Solutions Ltd, and argues that it was their responsibility to verify his credentials. However, IWUS asserts that they only forwarded Camm's resume to the hospital, and the recruitment was done without their involvement, with no payment being made for his placement.According to police, their investigation so far has revealed that the registration number on Camm's certificate from Andhra Pradesh Medical Council was invalid. His name and registration number were not found on online databases.If his MBBS degree is found to be fake, then all surgeries he claims to have performed would be considered illegal, and the scope of the investigation would expand exponentially."He has worked with various hospitals in the past. Our task now is to connect each hospital and investigate any patient fatalities," said an investigating officer.Damoh police have registered a case against Camm under multiple sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Madhya Pradesh Medical Council Act, accusing him of forgery, unauthorized medical practice, and involvement in patient fatalities.Authorities are also investigating whether ‘N John Camm' is the same person as one Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, who was once arrested in Telangana in a cheating case.