Telangana Medical Council inspects unlicensed clinics, busts quacks

Hyderabad: The Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) conducted surprise inspections on Monday at multiple unlicensed clinics operating along Kuntlur Road in Hayathnagar. As many as five individuals were found running unauthorised medical centres without valid qualifications or licenses. This included a clinic named Sunrays Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, which was being run by an Ayurveda graduate, Dr Umakant, who was found illegally administering modern allopathic treatments. Another first aid centre named Sri Vijaya Brahmendra First Aid Center was caught providing modern medical services without possessing a recognised medical degree.

While one individual, Vinod, who only completed intermediate, was found practising allopathic treatment without any formal medical qualification at Hanuman First Aid Center, another person named Dr KS Prasad, a homeopathy graduate, was falsely claiming to be an MBBS doctor while providing modern medical care at Sri Sai Poly Clinic. The fifth unauthorised clinic, Balaji First Aid Center, was being run by a person named Rambabu. TGMC officials said they will lodge complaints against the five accused practitioners in the coming days, based on which a case will be registered against the fake doctors under relevant NMC and BNS sections.