Quack doctor arrested in raid at Navi Mumbai clinic
Mumbai: A 60 year old quack impersonating as a doctor was arrested by the Turbhe MIDC police on Tuesday in a raid at his clinic. The raid was conducted acting on a complaint by Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine (MCIM), the health department of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC).
As per various media accounts, in 2010 too, NMMC had raided and the accused, who had been practicing now for close to 30 years, was caught under Maharashtra Medical Practioners Act and was acquitted in 2020.
Lately, the complainant, Dr Kailas Gaikwad stated, "In 2010, we had booked 12 bogus doctors including the accused BR Yadav. Then, he was acquitted by the court as we had invoked only Section 33 of Medical Practioners Act, 1961, for which substantial evidence could not be produced before the court. Hence, Yadav continued to practice medicine illegally at his Turbhe clinic for the past 11 years."
He added, "Recently, after verification of his qualification it was found that in 1991, he was issued a BSc RMP (Registered Medical Practitioner) letter by Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine for practicing as a doctor in rural areas. This letter is issued to a person, who assists a registered medical practitioner and is imparted training as a doctor. Thereafter, the person is permitted to practice as a doctor, but only in rural areas and that too, where no other registered doctor practices. "
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