-
Telangana doctors oppose Government Order 229, which adds bureaucrats to the State Medical Council. Medical associations fear it undermines self-regulation, hampers anti-quackery inspections, and could compromise healthcare quality and patient safety, intensifying protests across the State
-
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
-
Four quacks operating unlicensed clinics and distributing medicines were caught by the Telangana Medical Council in Addagutta and Jawaharnagar. Long-running clinics were found violating medical norms, and cases will be registered under relevant sections of the NMC, TSPMR, and BNS Acts.
-
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
-
In the last one year or so, the Medical Council in Telangana State has registered over 400 FIRs against fake doctors; actively conducted raids in facilities operated by unqualified persons and spoke freely against the perils of quackery.
-
During the same time frame, about 1,116 medical students, including 160 MBBS and 956 PG students, dropped out of their respective medical programs
-
Instead of an MBBS doctor, on whose name the clinic/first aid centre is registered, a compounder with no MBBS qualification will be operating and providing treatment to gullible patients.
-
Dr Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, as Chairman of Braumwald Hospitals, UK, reportedly had entered into a contract with Poulomi Hospitals, Dr AS Rao Nagar, Kapra in 2018. They, however, stopped operations within months, when Dr Narendra did not pay salaries to the hospital employees and vendors.
-
The unqualified individuals were practicing medicine and treating patients without an MBBS degree, the council officials said
-
Hospital management has been directed to share all the details, including the registration of doctors and surgeons involved in transplantations
-
With the present senior officer bearers of the Medical Council recognizing the need to curtail quackery, this is for the first time in Telangana State that a concerted effort has been launched in collaboration with TS Drug Control Administration (TSDCA) to take legal action on individuals with no MBBS degree but practicing allopathy.
-
In the past few weeks, the TSMC undertook a series of inspections of establishments where such alleged unauthorized practices were taking place.
-
The Telangana State Medical Council (TSMC) is in the process of conducting elections to elect members to the council.
-
Dr Karan M. Patil had operated on the healthy right leg of a patient instead of the left leg. After realizing the blunder, the doctors operated on the left leg.
-
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the State’s Medical Council has exempted the CME points for license renewal
-
Hyderabad: A certificate and registration fraud using the name of the Medical Council of India, in which two doctors who completed their MBBS from China were allegedly involved, has been busted by the Hyderabad City Police. Three persons were arrested in connection with the fraud that came to light on Thursday. Police identified the arrested […]
-
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Medical Council (TSMC) has appealed to all the practicing doctors in the State to strictly write prescriptions of drugs only in their generic forms and avoid mentioning any specific brand names. In a notice, TSMC Registrar, Dr Ch Hanmantha Rao said the council has recently received directions from the Lokayukta to […]
-
Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar says tenders floated for setting up liquid medical oxygen plants in all govt hospitals
-
With a rough population estimate of 3.98 crore in Telangana, the 39,000 physicians in the State are just about enough to meet the WHO norms of doctor to patient ratio
