Bhopal, April 7 -- The National Human Rights Commission has initiated a probe into the deaths of seven people after they were allegedly treated by a fake cardiologist at a missionary hospital in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Sunday.

A team of the National Human Rights Commission will camp in Damoh from April 7-9 to conduct an investigation into the matter, NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo said.

While the district chief medical health officer Dr Mukesh Jain did not share the total number of victims, he said that a probe report into the matter has been sent to district collector Sudhir Kochar. The probe was conducted by a team of officials from the district health department.

According to a complaint lodged by a local r...