2 quacks booked for practising illegally in Ulhasnagar

Thane: Police in Maharashtra's Thane district have booked two quacks for allegedly practising medicine illegally, officials said on Wednesday.

A medical officer of the local civic body conducted an inspection at a doctor’s clinic at Akash Colony in the Ulhasnagar area on January 6.

He was found to be practising allopathic medicine and treating patients without a valid registration or license from the Medical Council of India (MCI), an official from Hill Line police station said, news agency PTI reported.

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In another case, a person, who had not pursued medical education, operated a clinic at Ambedkar Nagar in Ulhasnagar town where he had stocked a large quantity of allopathic medicines and treated patients illegally, he said.

Both the accused have been booked under sections 318 (cheating) and 319 (cheating by personation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961, the police added, reports PTI.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that as part of its ongoing efforts to eliminate quackery in the state, the Telangana State Medical Council recently conducted a raid on an infirmary in Rangareddy and arrested a fraudster for allegedly claiming to be a Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) without a medical degree and operating the facility with an illegal registration certificate.

The accused was found running the infirmary by impersonating another doctor, as he lacked the credentials to be a Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP). To secure a registration certificate for operating the facility, the quack fraudulently used the actual doctor's qualifications to obtain the certificate from the Rangareddy District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO).

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