Sources claimed that Jain refused treatment in the government hospital where he was admitted several times and opted for a top south Mumbai hospital to undergo open heart surgery.
Shocked to receive a hospital bill worth Rs26 lakh from "jailed" Shiv Sena MLA and former housing minister Sureshdada Jain, the state legislature has asked the home department for a detailed explanation.
The legislature wants the department to clarify if Jain, who is currently in judicial custody for his alleged involvement in a multicrore housing scam, was allowed to spent four to five months in "top private hospitals" that too as expensive as Breach Candy and Jaslok hospital by the court in its order.
The legislature also wants the department to check the jail manual and confirm if it's the home department which has to pay the bills or the state legislature. The bill, however, has now been pending for a few months now while the home department is seem to be working on a suitable reply.
Sources claimed that Jain refused treatment in the government hospital where he was admitted several times and opted for a top south Mumbai hospital to undergo open heart surgery.
"As per the law, an MLA can claim whatever amount against medical reimbursement which has been sanctioned by a civil hospital. Jain has submitted a proof of a civil hospital with his claim but this being a case of jail inmate, we wanted the department to clear the air," said a senior officer.
This, however, is not the first controversy around Jain's medical adventures. In November 2013, Jain was sent back to the Jalgaon prison after a sting operation by a private television channel showed the arrested former minister roaming around the premises of Mumbai's St George Hospital.
Jain has been living in some hospital or the other since March 19, 2012, a week after he was arrested in connection with a housing scam in Jalgaon.
The doctors had certified that he was a heart patient and needed constant medical attention. The medical education department allowed him to stay in the hospital's air-conditioned VIP nursing room. However, soon after the sting operation he was declared fit and sent back to the jail.
In June 2014, he was again in news for defying court orders of taking treatment in a government hospital and was found resting in a VVIP hospital suite.
Jain is being tried in a Dhule sessions court for his role in the Rs50 crore Jalgaon housing scam. Ever since he was first arrested in connection with the scam in 2012, Jain has spent barely a couple of months in a jail. Rest of the time, he has moved from one hospital's VVIP suite to another, including his plush air-conditioned room at St George's suite, to which his family, friends and political associates have free access.
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