Quack Menace: WB migrant worker posing as doctor treats hundreds in Kerala, held
Kochi: In another incident of quackery, a migrant worker from West Bengal who was 'treating' hundreds of patients, mostly migrant labourers, by posing as a doctor was arrested from here, police said on Sunday.
PTI reports that Sabeer Islam (34) from Murshidabad in West Bengal was working as a fake doctor out of a room in a colony at Marampilly in the city, police said in a release.
It said that he used to give injections, pills and IV drips to many migrant workers.
He had given a pill and an IV drip to an Assamese woman after taking Rs 1,000 'fees' from her and she had fainted shortly after receiving the treatment, according to a tip off received by police, the release said. Later, she was shifted to the district hospital in Aluva.
After District Police Chief K Karthick received a tip-off about the illegal activity, the police examined his 'clinic'.
A team was constituted and after an initial investigation reached the room and caught him red-handed, police said.
A stethoscope, syringes, pills and a blood pressure measuring apparatus were recovered from the room, it said.
"The accused had all facilities and equipment required to be a doctor, including stethoscope, syringes, tablets and BP apparatus, except for an MBBS degree. A preliminary probe revealed that he has completed only primary education. The exact details regarding his background will be received only after the interrogation is completed," an officer told The New Indian Express.
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