The Telangana State Medical Council caught 18 quacks in Kamareddy and Nizamabad during inspections at small clinics and nursing homes. They were found practising without qualifications and giving antibiotics, steroids and injections. FIRs will be filed under NMC and TSMPR Acts
Adilabad police arrested eight members of an interstate gang from Karnataka who were duping patients by posing as Ayurvedic doctors. The gang sold fake herbal medicines, charging victims thousands of rupees.
During raids carried by a team of doctors of the State Medical Council led by Vice-chairman Dr G Srinivas, 25 persons were found treating patients without mandatory qualifications in various places
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They were found to be administering complex procedures such as hair transplantation, skin care, platelet-rich plasma and laser therapy to patients, says TGMC
To operate a medical shop, it is mandatory to have a pharmacist and a license issued to them by TS Drug Control Administration (TSDCA) and the Pharmacy Council. However, without these permissions, fake doctors are operating medical shops, which are invariably attached to their clinics.
Chairman of TGSMC, Dr Mahesh Kumar and its Vice-Chairman, Dr Srinvivas Gundagani said that some of the quacks who were caught did not even have class 10 pass qualifications and yet they were running clinics without any qualms of getting caught someday.
