Quack practising for six years booked for running illegal clinic

Nagpur: A quack has been booked by police for allegedly operating an illegal clinic in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city for six years. The accused claimed to possess a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery certificate but treated patients without a valid medical degree.

A case has been registered against a fake doctor who allegedly operated a clinic without a medical degree in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city, police said on Monday.

According to the PTI report, the accused, Manoj Kumar Hanwate (42), a resident of Samta Nagar, opened his clinic in the Jaripatka area six years ago and has been treating people since, an official said.

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Some patients lodged complaints with the civic health department, and Hanwate’s medical degree was submitted to the Medical Council for verification, he said.

The health department had also found out from the Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine that his document was forged. He was not registered with the Maharashtra Medical Council, said an NMC official, reports TOI.

The offence was registered at Jaripatka police station by NMC's Zonal medical officer Ateequr Rehman. However, the accused managed to evade arrest and is currently on the run.

The council recently reported that the degree was fake, following which a police complaint was lodged, the official said, adding that a search was on for the absconding accused, news agency PTI reported.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in a decisive move aimed at safeguarding public health, the Telangana State Medical Council (TSMC) has taken proactive steps by filing nearly 300 FIRs against quacks who are running clinics and attending patients without any proper medical degree. TSMC has clarified that no person without any medical degree will be allowed to practice allopathy and such unauthorized clinics or private practices will be strictly prohibited.

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