Instances where doctors have been accused of fleecing and overcharging patients have been reported often, but an incident of doctors allegedly cheating fellow professionals of lakhs of rupees has been recently reported from Pune's Bhosri region. The board of directors of Sant Dnyaneshwar Hospital — Vidyadhar Sarfare, Anjali Sarfare, Dipali Chinchole and Malvika Mal — has been accused of cheating Dr Anupama Mane, a Pune-based surgeon, to the tune of Rs 39 lakh, along with some other Pune-based doctors. An FIR in this regard was recently filed by Mane at the Bhosri police station.

Dr Mane, a cancer surgeon, worked as a consultant and surgeon at the hospital from 2003 till around 2017. While Sarfare is the president of the hospital's board, his wife Anjali is the secretary, and Chinchole the treasurer. "While I got my payment on time earlier, they began delaying it later. I would receive my payment once in two to three months," Dr Mane told mid-day.