Quack couple held for cheating patients in Telangana
Hyderabad: As part of a crackdown against quacks in Telangana, the Rachakonda Special Operation Team (SOT) nabbed a fraudster couple impersonating as MBBS doctors in a raid conducted at illegal clinics operating in the city on Tuesday.
The matter gained the attention of the Rachakonda police who formed a Special Operation Team to nab the couple based on a tip-off from a patient. It came to the fore that the couple were treating patients from different clinics in the city with fake medical degrees.
The arrested couple are both residents of Chilukanagar Uppal who were found using fake prescription letters, stethoscopes, sphygmomanometers, pulse oximeters, display boards, medical equipment and fake rubber stamps.
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Fake medical (MBBS and MD) certificates and medical council certificates were also found on the spot. The police have seized all the items found in their clinics.
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