DCA continues its raids on quacks in Telangana

The TSDCA conducted a raid at the premises of Md Gulam Rasool in Chowdarpally village, Gandeed mandal, Mahabubnagar district, where 49 varieties of medicines were illegally stocked, and he was found practicing medicine without proper qualifications. Similarly, the DCA officials raided the premises of another unqualified practitioner, Mohammed Khaja Moinuddin, in Sugur village, Pebbair mandal, Wanaparthy district, seizing 38 varieties of medicines that were unlawfully stored for sale.

Hyderabad: The drug inspectors of Telangana State Drug Control Administration (TSDCA) conducted raids on the premises of three individuals who were illegally practicing allopathy medicine (quacks), without proper MBBS qualifications.

The TSDCA raided the premises of Md Gulam Rasool, Chowdarpally village, Gandeed mandal, Mahabubnagar district, who had illegally stocked 49 varieties of medicines and was practicing medicine without qualification. The DCA officials also raided the premises of another quack Mohammed Khaja Moinuddin at Sugur village, Pebbair mandal, Wanaparthy district and seized 38 varieties of medicines that were illegally stocked for sale. The premises of yet another quack Inapanuri Jeevaratnam (alias Jeevankumar), who was illegally operating a health care facility at Adasarlapadu, Vemsoor mandal, Khammam district, and seized 28 varieties of drugs.

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According to DCA, several higher generation antibiotics including Norfloxacin, Cefixime, etc and steroids viz. Dexamethasone, Prednisolone and other expensive drugs for various chronic diseases worth Rs 99, 650 were seized from the illegal facilities that were operated by the three quacks.

Veterinary drugs seized

In a separate development, the Telangana State Drug Control Administration (TSDCA) conducted raids at an unlicensed premises being operated by one Nimmani Kotaiah in Thanamcherla village, Mahabubabad district, who was stocking an array of veterinary drugs for illegal sale.

Kotaiah was selling the veterinary drugs out of his residence illegally without the required TSDCA permissions. A total of 72 varieties of veterinary medicines including 58 physician’s samples, 10 salable drugs, 1 expired drug and 3 drugs for institutional supply, all worth Rs 53, 691, were seized.

The TSDCA issues drug licenses for the stocking and selling of medicines in accordance with the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Stocking drugs for sale without a drug licence is punishable under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, with imprisonment for up to five years, DG, DCA, V B Kamalsan Reddy said.