12th pass ‘doctor’ runs clinic for two years
The Crime Branch Unit 12 on Wednesday arrested a fake doctor who was operating a clinic for two years in Malvani West. Despite having only completed his education up to the 12th grade, Parvez Shaikh, 46, managed to run the clinic. The court has remanded him into police custody until April 1.
Before this, Shaikh worked in Agarwal Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) ward in Mulund. During
his time at Agarwal Hospital, 149 patients died in the ICU between February 2018 and November 2018. As per the Mulund police FIR, a murder case was registered against Shaikh.
According to the police, Shaikh’s wife, Sazia Ali, 32, holds a Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS) from Nashik Medical College. Although the clinic was registered in her name, Shaikh ran the clinic, and she dispensed incorrect medications to patients on his behalf. Despite being aware that her husband lacked any medical qualifications, she took no action to prevent him from operating the clinic.
Acting on this tip-off, the police, along with the BMC’s medical team, conducted a raid at 1.30pm at shop 3, Khan Estate, where Shaikh’s clinic was located. Shaikh was arrested, and medicines were seized.
Investigations also revealed that Shaikh resided on the clinic’s first floor and conducted operations there. When asked to produce his school, college, and medical education documents, he failed to do so. He confessed to not being registered with the medical council and admitted to running a ten-bed hospital. Patients were receiving treatment from him, with some undergoing saline treatments and receiving fake prescriptions. He claimed to have acquired basic medical knowledge while working at a private clinic.
Two fire incidents were witnessed in Malad within the past 24 hours. The first incident was reported on Thursday morning at the Vardhaman garment shop in the central plaza complex on Daftari Road, Shivaji Nagar, Dindoshi and another on Wednesday night at a factory in Bombay Talkies compound. No injuries were reported.
The first incident was initially reported at 11.26am and later escalated to level-II at 1.11am. Despite prior similar incidents in the building, it remains devoid of functional fire safety systems.
The fire primarily ravaged the 5th and 6th floors, hindering the firefighting efforts with thick smoke. Firefighters of the Mumbai Fire Brigade, equipped with breathing apparatus sets, utilised four motor pumps and a turn table ladder monitor. No injuries were reported, but significant resources were deployed, including six fire engines, two foam tenders,
and emergency medical services on standby.
The central plaza complex mainly houses garment shops, with a short circuit in the Vardhaman garment shop triggering the blaze, spreading to adjacent shops and the 6th floor.
Anand Alhat, a local and Shivsena UBT party worker, described the chaotic scene during the Shivjayanti Mahotsav preparations and the ensuing four-hour battle to control the inferno.
Anand Alhat, a resident of Dindoshi and party worker of Shivsena UBT said, “We rushed to aid those trapped