Kerala: BUMS, BSMS, BHMS doctors booked for prescribing allopathy medicines
Doctors Booked
Chennai: In a crackdown against quackery in Tamil Nadu, three AYUSH practitioners have been booked for allegedly prescribing allopathic medicines to patients for the past week without any degree or knowledge of allopathy.
The three accused doctors have been identified as a Siddha doctor, a homoeopathy doctor and a Unani doctor. On Thursday, Health Minister Ma Subramanian confirmed that the trio was booked by the Directorate of Medical Services.
These practitioners were engaged in what is commonly referred to as "quackery," which involves providing treatments or medications that they are not qualified to administer.
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According to a TOI news report, the Siddha practitioner was prescribing allopathic medicines and administering injections to patients at a clinic in Kotturpuram, whereas the homoeopathy doctor was practising allopathy at a clinic in Mandaveli and the Unani doctor who was practising allopathy at a clinic in Saidapet.
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