Quack booked for running illegal clinic since 2016 using forged PhD Degree

Mumbai: A 30-year-old woman has been booked for allegedly posing as a medical professional and running a clinic at her Kandivali (East) residence without a valid medical degree for the past 8 years.

According to the police, the woman has been prescribing medicines to many patients at her clinic since 2016 with a forged certificate in Doctor of Philosophy in Alternative Medicine. She allegedly acquired the degree from the ‘Indian Board of Alternative Medicines’, which is not recognised by the Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine.

Claiming to be a doctor, the woman also posted a certificate on social media to cheat patients by offering consultations and prescribing medicines. However, the fraud came to light when the BMC received a written complaint about her from a citizen on October 9.

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In the complaint, the citizen alleged that the woman, a fake doctor was operating a clinic without a valid medical degree at her clinic in Kandivali (East). To back his allegations, the complainant submitted copies of the woman’s degree documents, HT reports.