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Medical quackery continues to pose a serious threat to public health in the slum areas of Hyderabad, where unauthorised individuals run makeshift clinics, exploiting the poor under the pretense of treatment.

The Telangana Medical Council identified seven unqualified individuals operating illegal first-aid centres in Rangareddy. Officials seized pre-loaded syringes and unregulated drugs. Cases will be filed under the NMC, TSMPR, and BNS Acts. The public can report such cases via 9154382727

At Kondapur police station, an FIR has been registered against K. Bansilal and A Anil Kumar for operating first-aid centres at Malkapur cross roads.

In a letter addressed to its local units, the IMA, Telangana, directed its members approach the District Collector and SP to give proper directions to District Medical and Health Officer (DM&HO) to take action against healthcare facilities that are operated by unqualified individuals

During the course of the raids conducted in March, 2024, the DCA seized stocks of medicines worth Rs 3.03 lakh

We are simply doing our duty, and raids will not stop. Quacks are violating the law, and they will be prosecuted, says Telangana State Medical Council

These fake doctors were found to be operating clinics under the names of RMP/PMP and administering unscientific and unnecessary antibiotics and steroid medications to unsuspecting patients

In the notice, the Medical Council charged the hospital of association with Sushritha Grameena Vaidyla Sangam, Nalgonda, and inviting public to participate in a meet on December 25

Acting on reliable information, authorities raided the premises of A. Naveen Reddy, a quack practicing medicine without proper qualifications at his clinic, ‘Swapna Clinic,’ in Muduchintalpally village, Medchal-Malkajgiri district. During the raid, 38 types of medicines, including antibiotics, antidiabetic drugs, and antihypertensive medications, were found stocked without a valid drug license.

According to members of TSMC who were part of the raids, the quacks also did not have a proper way to deal with bio medical waste as they were discarded on roads, along with the normal domestic waste

Drug inspectors raid facilities in Wanaparthy and Narayanpet of two individuals who were practicing medicine by falsely claiming that they were allopathic practitioners

Instead of addressing the recent incidents in Warangal and Parkal where patients died after getting treatment from quacks, the Chief Minister is unnecessarily supporting the quacks or allopathy practitioners, TJUDA said.