Huge number of quacks active in Indore

INDORE: Contrary to the health officials’ claim, nearly 4000 quacks are practicing in the medical hub of the state, Indore under the eye of administration as well as health department.
Talking to media, Dr L R Shrivastava, who was a part of the anti-quackery drive and conducted numerous raids from year 2003 to 2011 on the clinics of the quacks practicing in city said, "At present there are around 4000 quacks in the city".
These quacks could be classified in two parts where one are completely quacks with no education at all, the other segment is of those who are either having some invalid degrees or are have studied in some other pathy and are practicing in some other pathy, Shrivastava said adding the number of pure quacks in the city should be around 1500 rest are the quacks belonging to the second class.
He is currently facing several cases for the raids which were conducted by him during the service, claimed Dr Shrivastava who was retired in March this year.
Though Shirvastava figures the numbers of quacks to around 4000 in the city, the people involved in the trade estimate more numbers.
A doctor who is himself a graduate in electro homeopathy which is not recognized by MCI said on conditions of anonymity that the exact number of doctors including BAMS, BHMS, and other such who are considered quacks is around 6000 in the city.