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Fake Doctors Arrested for Running Clinics in Hyderabad
25 Aug
Summary
- Twelve individuals were arrested for operating unauthorized clinics.
- The accused treated patients with drips, injections, and sutures.
- Operators lacked medical qualifications and used fake degrees.
Task Force authorities in Hyderabad have apprehended 12 individuals who were operating unregistered clinics while falsely claiming to be doctors. These accused persons treated numerous patients, providing services such as intravenous drips, injections, and suturing, despite possessing no legitimate medical qualifications.
Investigations revealed that some operators were pharmacy or paramedic diploma holders, while others had no medical background at all. One individual, a former lab technician, ran a clinic near a vegetable market. Another, holding a Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery degree, posed as a general and children's specialist with a fake MBBS degree.
Further scrutiny uncovered a case where an individual used a self-made concoction for psoriasis treatment, posing as a dermatologist. Other arrested individuals included a BSc graduate with compounding experience and a BA graduate who had previously worked as a compounder. All these individuals were treating patients for various ailments without proper licensure or qualifications.
