India, May 30 -- Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) in Pune - the destination for healthcare for patients from western Maharashtra and Marathwada -- has been in the red over the last five years. The image of the 1800-bed hospital which conducts between 2000-2500 OPDs and over 500 surgeries every day, has been tarnished from allegations of unethical practices by its staff.

The arrests of two doctors - casualty medical officer Dr Srihari Halnor and head of forensic medicine department Dr Ajay Taware -- and member of a class 4 staff, Atul Ghatkamble, for their alleged involvement in switching blood samples of the minor accused who drove his Porsche over two IT professionals recently, has added to its infamy. Dr Halnor and Ghatkamble were suspen...