Srinagar, June 21 -- A major controversy has surfaced at Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag, following allegations of medical malpractice, procedural irregularities, and misuse of public healthcare funds linked to cardiac procedures carried out under the PMJAY-SEHAT health insurance scheme.

According to details available with the news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department has initiated a formal departmental inquiry against a senior cardiologist and placed him under suspension pending completion of the investigation.

The case pertains to Dr. Syed Maqbool Ahmad Shah, Associate Professor of Cardiology at GMC Anantnag, who faces allegations of procedural misrepresentat...