Multiple avatars of Munnabhai MBBS found during crackdown on fake doctors in Sangareddy

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

Sangareddy: The Telangana State Medical Council has found several unqualified persons posing as doctors and treating patients across Sangareddy district.

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. While most of them set up clinics as RMPs, they had not undergone any required training to treat patients. They had set up their clinics mostly in slums and industrial areas such as Patancheru, IDA Bollaram, Isnapur and other places where migrant industrial workers were living.

Since these workers could not afford to visit qualified doctors, they were visiting fake doctors for treatment. Srinivas said that these unqualified persons were prescribing the medicines on prescriptions, which had another MBBS qualified doctor’s name.

The medical council team also found Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) qualified doctors practicing allopathy in violation of guidelines. These untrained persons were also giving expired medicines, which also came to light during a raid by a drug inspector at Vavilala village in Jinnaram mandal recently.

District Medical and Health Officer (DM&HO)Dr Gayathri had earlier seized several clinics, nursing homes, and labs across the district for operating in violation of guidelines of medical council, however, they failed to mend their ways. These fake doctors were moving to another location after they were exposed.

The citizens demanded that the medical council and district health department, drug inspector and other wings of the government conduct regular raids to nab the fake doctors.

The citizens also demanded that the government set up Palle Dawakhanas and Basthi Dawakhanas to reach out to the poor. Dr Srinivas said that even the trained RMPs were allowed to provide only first aid to patients. He said they could be punished with one year in jail and a fine of Rs 5 lakh if they practised medicine in violation of guidelines.