New Delhi: Eminent cardiologist Naresh Trehan landed in fresh legal trouble as a case of trespassing and vandalism was registered against him at the behest of Escorts management.
Trehan and his close associates were not allowed to enter the healthcare institute on Saturday. However after much scuffle Trehan was permitted with the police aid. The agitated relatives of patients protested the delay in operations by Trehan.
Police filed an FIR against Trehan and others at the New Friends Colony Police Station for vandalism and trespass at the Escorts Hospital on the basis of a complaint by Fortis Healthcare on Saturday.
The new management at Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre says that the dismissed employees will not be allowed entry into the hospital. "He (Trehan) fully understands the implications of all this," Daljeet Singh, President Operations of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre was quoted by PTI.
Singh said that the Escorts management was complying with the Delhi High Court order, which "does not mention anything about his (Trehan's) associates." "They do not have any technical skills and only take care of secretarial work," Singh said.
A High Court order had on Saturday had given Trehan unrestricted access to the hospital. On May 18, the hospital management, under instructions from Fortis Healthcare, removed Trehan and his support staff citing 'conflict of interest'.
Fortis Healthcare acquired 90 percent stake in Escorts in September 2005, while Trehan owns 10 percent. He has also been allowed to perform surgeries on patients who are awaiting surgery or who may have paid fees or deposited money, donated blood or incurred any cost in EHIRC for the reason that they were to be operated by Trehan.
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