10 Fake Doctors Caught in Telangana Medical Council Raids

Hyderabad:Telangana Medical Council, in a slew of fresh raids, caught 10 unqualified practitioners from Shamshabad and Shadnagar on Saturday. The team including chairman Dr Mahesh Kumar and vice-chairman Dr Srinivas Gundagani said they had identified around 100 clinics in the area, being run by non-qualified persons practicing allopathic medicine.

“We found many antibiotic and corticosteroid injections which are supposed to be administered only by experts,” said chairman Dr Mahesh Kumar. “These fake doctors are prescribing scheduled drugs irrationally to patients which is quite harmful to health and can cause complications like spine deformity, fertility issues in women and add to anti microbial resistance,” he added.

The total number of non-qualified practitioners caught by TGMC has risen to 300, said Dr Gundagani. "Antimicrobial resistance and steroid-induced immunity are major global threats today. Irrational administration of these drugs add to these threats,” he added.

As per the National Medical Commission Act Sections 34 and 54, prescribing scheduled drugs, giving injections or practicing modern medicine without proper qualifications and registered licenses is a cognizable offence punishable up to one year imprisonment and `5 lakh fine, TGMC stated.