Illegal hospital, clinic busted in Gurugram; 2 quacks arrested

Gurugram: Busting an illegal hospital and clinic in Ambedkar colony and Chakkarpur village in Gurugram, a joint team of the chief minister’s flying squad and the health department arrested two quacks on Saturday in connection with the case. Meanwhile, two more accused in this case are absconding. 

The authorities raided and sealed the SD Hospital in Ambedkar Colony and Mukhtar Health Centre and Mother-Child Centre in Chakkarpur village on Friday after discovering fake doctors running these places. 

According to the police, the illegal hospital has been operating for the past two and a half years without the required authentication documents. Additionally, the doctors employed here were also fake and were providing prescriptions and medical treatment to patients without proper medical qualifications. 

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Several people went to the hospital seeking medical attention, either for examinations or, in more serious instances, they were admitted for treatment, only to realize that they had been deceived and manipulated by these fraudulent practitioners.

During the raid at the hospital, the team found a man sitting in a chair. The person identified himself as Manoj Kumar, a doctor, and a resident of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh. When he was asked to produce his credentials, he could not provide any registration certificate from the hospital. Other doctors and staff were not present at that time.

Following this, the team found several types of modern medicines from the hospital including documents of patients who were treated at the hospital. After arresting Kumar, he was taken into custody and medicines and injections were seized from his place, police said. 

Meanwhile, another accused who is the owner of the hospital is absconding and the police are investigating his whereabouts, TOI reports. 

According to Inspector Harish Kumar of the CM Flying Squad, the action came on a tip-off. The team found during the raid that no surgeries were performed at the hospital and the consultation charges at the hospital ranged from Rs 200-300. 

"They were playing with people's lives by giving them allopathic medicines and injections," Mr Kumar said.

Later, the team raided Mukhtar Health Centre and Mother-Child Centre in Street number 6 of Chakkarpur village, 100m away from the illegal hospital. The clinic was being run without registration by Mohammad Masoom and Dr ****, both residents of Purnia district in Bihar. 

Although police arrested Mohammad Masoom from the clinic, his accomplice, the doctor is on the run and the team is searching for him. 

“When we visited the clinic, the owner was not present. But we got to know that he had been prescribing medicines to patients for some time. He didn’t have any proper medical degree either,” Dr Gupta, a Medical Officer of the health department told the Daily. 

The team sealed both the facilities and seized huge quantity of quantities of medicines, injections and documents. 

On the complaint of Dr Gaurav Gupta, two separate FIRs were registered in the matter under 336 (punishment for an act endangering the life or personal safety of others) of the IPC and Section 34 of the National Medical Commission Act at Sector 29 Police Station on Saturday, said police, PTI reports.

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