The Brahmapur district administration on Thursday launched a crackdown against brokers who have been diverting patients from the MKCG Medical College Hospital to private-run hospitals. The police have so far nabbed three of the dalals.
The accused were identified as Prasant Panda, P Raju Dora and Sanjeeb Bisoyi.
Acting on a tipoff, a team led by Brahmapur Sub-Collector Siddhartha Sankar Swain and Tehsildar Ranjeet Parida conducted surprise raids at the different departments of the MKCH Hospital and caught the three persons red-handed while they were luring patients with false claims of providing better facilities at cheaper rates at private hospitals.
Sources said the brokers were held by the team near the New Bus-Stand here while they trying to take a patient who had come to the Orthopeadics Department of the MKCG Hospital to a private hospital.
The accused were later handed over to the BNpur police. BNpur police IIC JK Patnaik said the accused were released on PR Bonds.