Quack gets rigorous imprisonment after woman he ‘treated’ dies in Puducherry

PUDUCHERRY: A Puducherry court sentenced a quack to seven years of rigorous imprisonment after a woman patient he ‘treated’ died in the Union territory.

Third additional district judge M Elavarasan also sentenced the quack, identified as Jothi, 55 of Emblem, to five years of rigorous imprisonment for cheating and forgery. Both terms will run concurrently.

The judge imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on him for causing death by negligence and Rs 10,000 for cheating and forgery.
According to prosecutor N Vinayagam, Jothi did not possess any valid medical education but had been running a clinic and practising allopathic medicine in the same locality for several years. A sick woman approached him for treatment on March 29, 2012. He administered her an injection and gave her glucose drips.

The woman’s health deteriorated within minutes. She was rushed to nearby Karikalampakkam Government Community Health Centre where she was given first aid and referred to Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital and Postgraduate Institute. However, she died on the way to the hospital.
The Mangalam police registered a case against Jothi and arrested him.

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