Fake doctor menace continues! TSMC uncovers quack injecting patients with distilled water

Hyderabad: In a major crackdown, the Telangana Medical Council (TSMC) recently uncovered an individual posing as a licensed medical practitioner in Ramantapur. This individual was reportedly administering injections of distilled water to patients, misrepresenting it as legitimate medical treatment.

The council discovered the fake doctor practising allopathy, prescribing medications, and administering injections under the guise of a registered doctor’s name. Shockingly, he deceived patients by injecting distilled water, leading them to believe they were receiving proper medical treatment. Additionally, he used unauthorised antibiotics and steroids, which were found in his clinic.

The accused is a President of the Ramanthapur Rural Medical Practitioner (RMP) and Paramedical Practitioner (PMP) Association who allegedly took advantage of innocent people and endangered their lives by providing improper medical treatment. 

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His activities were exposed after TSMC officials raided his clinic and found hundreds of vials of distilled water, along with evidence of unauthorised use of antibiotics and steroids, which were seized from his clinic.  

Intensifying its search for fake doctors, the council exposed a fraudulent medical network in Hyderabad. Conducting their inspections in Hyderabad’s Ramanthapur and Uppal areas, the officials revealed several other disturbing practices.  

In Beerappaguda, the officials found a fake doctor prescribing medicines and illegally storing and using hundreds of pain relief ampoules, children's antibiotic syrups, and steroid vials without any permission from the Drugs Control Administration (DCA).

Speaking to TOI, Dr Naresh Kumar from TGMC said, "At Ram Reddy Nagar, Ramantapur, Yadagiri, a fake doctor was administering injections of distilled water as medicine. He was president of Ramantapur RMP Association and operates the Ushodaya First Aid Center. In Beerappaguda, Uppal, fake doctor B Srinu was found prescribing medicines and illegally storing and using hundreds of pain relief ampoules, children's antibiotic syrups, and steroid vials without any permission from the Drugs Control Administration (DCA). A complaint was filed against the medical agency VIEE LAC Group Healthcare Agency in Boduppal with DCA."

Further, the inspections also revealed that in Nehru Nagar, a licensed doctor allowed a fake practitioner, Aavanch Suresh, to treat patients. Meanwhile, in the same locality, Sri Balaji First Aid was caught administering pain relief injections without proper credentials, reports The Hindu. The officials have issued a notice to the licensed doctor and a case will be registered against the fake doctor. 

Meanwhile, the officials also traced the fraudulent activities to Boduppal, where unlicensed medical stores were found supplying medications to these fake doctors. One such diagnostic centre was found conducting unauthorised medical tests using falsified signatures. 

TGMC member Dr Pratibha Lakshmi told The Hindu, "Legal actions would be pursued under sections 34 and 54 of the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act. The council is preparing to revoke the licenses of clinics and diagnostic centres involved in such fraudulent practices."

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