3 quacks posing as Ayurvedic doctors held for duping patients with homemade piles medicine

Hyderabad: In its continuous efforts to eradicate fraudulent medical professionals in the state, the Telangana Medical Council (TGMC), in collaboration with the Indian Medical Association (IMA), recently identified and caught three men posing as Ayurvedic doctors.

These three quacks were caught during a sting operation conducted by TGMC and IMA. The council and the association found that these doctors were treating patients by posing as Ayurvedic doctors and prescribing self-made ointments for piles treatment.  

By selling homemade ointments made from flour and salt, the fake doctors charged between Rs 10,000 and Rs 20,000 for their services. These bogus treatments reportedly worsened conditions in many patients.

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During the raid, the council discovered that these three fake doctors were practising without Ayurveda knowledge and were not registered under TGMC. They were also running Ayurvedic clinics without permission from the Telangana AYUSH council, district registration authority or the district health and medical officer. All of them hailed from Kolkata. 

In the first raid, the council received a tip-off about a fake doctor running a clinic in Warangal and decided to send a decoy to trap him. They sent a healthy person claiming to have blood in his stools to the fake doctor who sought Rs 20,000 for the treatment. 

Speaking to TOI, Dr Naresh Kumar of TGMC said, "When the anti-quackery caught him, he offered to call another doctor from Khammam. Later, he admitted to having a degree in arts."

Meanwhile, two fake doctors were found running an Ayurvedic clinic with Unani degree in a separate raid at a treatment centre located at Hanuman Temple in Warangal. As per the IMA statements, one of the fake doctors was not present at the time of the raid. However, he has been booked in connection. 

Commenting on this, IMA president Dr Anwar Mia said, "He was caught practising without the permission of the district registration authority and running Anupama Clinic. SK Sarkar was not present, but he has also been booked. Both were not registered with the state Ayush council," IMA president Dr Anwar Mia said.

"In the third case, a fake Ayurvedic doctor was found in Kumarpally with fake Ayurvedic degree certificates from Kolkata. He was giving unlicenced ointments, which he had made using unscientific methods. The Warangal District Anti-Quackery Committee will file a complaint against the fake doctors with the district medical officer and the Ayush council, "said Dr Kumar. 

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