Two doctors who changed blood samples of Pune car crash accsued suspended by Govt

In a major crackdown, the Maharashtra government has suspended two senior doctors of the Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, on various charges, including tampering with the blood samples of the minor accused in the Porsche car crash of May 19. While Dr. Ajay Taware and Dr. Shrihari Halnor have been suspended with immediate effect, the Dean of the hospital Dr. Vinayak Kale has been sent on compulsory leave. The action against these doctors came after a special 3-member medical panel headed by Dr Pallavi Saple carried out a two-day inquiry into the circumstances leading to the change of blood samples and tampering with the blood report of the accused.

Both the doctors — currently in police custody till May 31 — have been barred from accepting any private employment during the period they are under suspension. According to police investigations so far, Dr. Taware and Dr. Halnor had chucked the minor’s blood sample into the dustbin organised the blood sample of some other person and submitted his report, ostensibly to give a clean chit to the accused 17-year-old boy.