Indian Community in Australia

Indian Fake Doctor worked in different NSW hospitals for almost 11 years without getting caught.

Shyam Archarya migrated to Australia in 2003 on skilled visa using a fake identity. He worked as a doctor on various NSW hospitals for almost 11 years. He is on run now.

He used the identity of Dr Chitale who works in England with the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.

A junior doctor who worked with Mr Acharya at Gosford Hospital in 2003 told ABC news that he was not surprised when news of the alleged fraud was made public this week.

“There were at least five or six other doctors that were convinced that he was pretty shabby, that his medicine was unsavory and that patients that he tried to hand over were not worked up very well,” he said. (Sourced from ABC news)

Today NSW health minister has confirmed he plans to seize his north Ryde home worth about 1.5 million. He said money from the sale of the home would go towards recouping the wages paid to the fraudulent doctor by NSW Health, which brought Mr Acharya into the country in 2003 on a skilled migration visa.