Class 12 pass woman posing as doctor arrested for running illegal clinic
Trichy: While qualified doctors spend years studying and gaining experience, a 62-year-old woman with only a Class 12 education allegedly posed as a doctor and treated numerous patients at an illegal clinic she was running from a rented house on Irur Road in Alathur taluk.
Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested the fake doctor for allegedly running an unlicensed clinic and prescribing medicines without any medical training, putting the public's health at serious risk.
The quack identified as V Muthulakshmi from Murugoor in Thuraiyur, had reportedly studied only up to Class 12. With only a minimal educational background, she was running the clinic from a rented house on Irur Road in Alathur taluk for several years, pretending to be a qualified doctor.
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As per a TOI news report, the incident came to light after the health department officials received a tip-off about her illegal clinic. Based on this, Perambalur joint director of health services K Marimuthu carried out an inspection and confirmed that Muthulakshmi was treating rural patients and prescribing medicines without any proper medical training.
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