Thane doctor booked for illegal medical practice

Thane: The Ulhasnagar police have registered an FIR against a doctor who allegedly continued to practice medicine illegally at a clinic in Maharashtra's Thane district, despite having surrendered his certificate to the Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine, an official said.

The police in Ulhasnagar town are on the lookout for the absconding doctor, Ramdas Bhoir, who practised medicine despite surrendering his certificate to the Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine, an official said.

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He said that during an inspection at the doctor’s premises last month, the civic medical team found that he was still practising medicine and treating his patients.

The official said a case has been registered under the provisions of section 319(2) (cheating by personation) and 318(4) (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act.

Medical Dialogues Team had earlier reported that a complaint has been filed against a doctor from the Ophthalmology department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal, accusing him of engaging in unethical practices, including running a private store. A written complaint has been filed against the doctor by an individual, alleging that he operates a clinical store in Saket Nagar under his wife's name and unlawfully conducts Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA) tests at the facility.

The clinical store also provides medicines, and contact lenses, leading to questions surrounding potential conflicts of interest and ethical implications in such practices, stated the complaint. The complainant demands a complete departmental inquiry into the issue, reports Daily.

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