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A man identified as Dr. Sawant Bharat Chandrakant has been exposed as a fake doctor after working as an ICU registrar at V. N. Desai Hospital in Santacruz for almost two years. He was employed on a contract basis through Sai Sanjeevani Agency, contracted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Questions began when hospital staff noticed his Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) registration was missing, prompting verification that later revealed his documents had been forged.

In February 2025, the hospital administration sent Chandrakant’s credentials to the MMC for authentication. By April, MMC confirmed he was not a registered practitioner, and the certification he submitted was fake. The hospital administration then terminated his contract and imposed a fine on the Sai Sanjeevani Agency for failing to ensure proper verification before deployment.

Despite the severity, no legal charges or FIR have been filed against Chandrakant so far. Meanwhile, the BMC suspended all payments to Sai Sanjeevani Agency starting November 2024 and issued two formal show‑cause notices; a third is reportedly in the works. Critics, including health activists, have raised concerns over the lax vetting that allowed an impostor to treat critically ill patients in a public ICU—a position requiring strict verification and registration.