Two NRIs paid Rs 10 lakh to medical center in Jalandhar who assured them a baby boy

LA, February, 02, 2008
Gary Singh

After learning that "The Health Department in Punjab" filed a case against Dr.Vareesh Kumar, owner of Vardaan Infertility and Medical Centre who:

• Charged Rs 10 lakh to two NRI families, for giving assurance of a male child.
• Misleading people about qualification of the owner of the clinic.

Owner of Vardaan Infertility and Medical Centre, Dr.Vareesh Kumar

Our senior press representative called Dr.Vareesh Kumar at his cellular telephone three times in the morning of Monday, dated Feb. 04, 2008: Two times it was disconnected and 3rd time Mr. Nichal Kumar was on the line and said Dr.Vareesh Kumar was in the meeting. After few hour Dr.Vareesh Kumar called us and said he was in Chandigarh and he promised us to give all information when he would go back in Jallandhar

Doctor's Involvement:

Now question arise why four doctors were involved in this case. We contacted two doctors Dr. Sonia Kamboj and Dr. Lakhwinder Singh who are still working with Vardaan Infertility and Medical Centre. Dr. Sonia Kamboj talked to us on the telephone. She became little nervous and requested to talk to her husband Dr. Lakhwinder Singh.

Dr. Lakhwinder Singh was very polite, cooperative and talk to us 5-7 minutes. He said:

• We are just doctors here and owner knows about the all accounts
• We only know that there is one fees Rs. 40,000 and second process cost is Rs 70,000
• We don't negotiate with patients any fees and Dr.Vareesh Kumar is the owner of this place

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Conclusion:

As long as Dr.Vareesh Kumar, owner of Vardaan Infertility and Medical Centre and Doctors who work there are cooperative, our India representative and Canada representative will follow this case

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Health dept files case against infertility centre, five doctors

Jalandhar, February 1, 2008
Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd
Anju Agnihotri Chaba

The Health Department today filed a case under the PNDT Act against Varish Vardaan, owner of Vardaan Infertility and Medical Centre, and five doctors working there. The accused doctors include Sonia Kamboj, Rekha Aggarwal, Monika Kathuria, Sandeep Arora and Lakhwinder Singh. It was learnt that Health Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla is monitoring the progress of the case.

The case has been filed in court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Varinder Aggarwal. The Health Department had filed the case under various charges, including conducting IVF without having mandatory registration for genetic counselling and genetic lab, giving assurance of a male child to NRI couple and misleading people about qualification of the owner of the clinic.

Civil Surgeon Dr JP Singh said the case has been filed today against the centre and five doctors after receiving reply to the notices issued to them. He added that complaint also said that Varish Vardaan did not have an MBBS degree.

Varish Vardaan said he was only a proprietor and never conducted procedures.

Notably, Canada-based Amrik Singh and his wife Rupinder Kaur had recently sent an affidavit along with their complaint in which they had alleged that they had gone to Vardaan Medical Centre to have a child through IVF technique in 2005, when they were assured a baby boy and Rs 5 lakh were charged from them. The couple went back to Canada, but the woman delivered a girl child. When the couple visited the centre again, they were rebuked by the owner.

Meanwhile, the Health Department received another complaint from an NRI couple against the centre. Balwinder Gill, wife of Gurbhej Singh Gill of Canada who wanted a son, alleged that Vardaan assured them a male child and said the cost would be Rs 5 lakh. She alleged that they came here in December 2005 and paid the amount, but on returning she came to know that she had not even conceived. Dr JP Singh said they had received only a photocopy of the complaint and had given its reference in the complaint in the court. He said a separate case would be filed after getting the original complaint.

Varish Vardaan rubbished all allegations as baseless.

Dr.Vareesh Kumar-
owner of Vardaan Infertility and Medical Centre

• Dr. Vareesh Kumar
  Ph.D., M.D. (A.M.)
• LAB DIRECTOR & MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

Dr. Lakhvinder Singh
M.S.

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGEON & MALE INFERTLITY SPECIALIST

Dr Sonia Kamboj
Dr. Sonia Kamboj
M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B.

INFERTILITY SPECIALIST