The Telangana State Medical Council (TGMC) discovered three people who were masquerading as Ayurvedic physicians and treating patients for piles with homemade, unscientific ointments made from flour and salt as part of a major crackdown on bogus doctors. Many of the patients were left in worse situations than before as a result of these people, who were operating without the necessary medical qualifications, charging between ₹10,000 and ₹20,000 for their treatments. The TGMC and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) collaborated on the sting operation, which found that the phoney doctors were running Ayurvedic clinics without the required permission from the district registration authority, the Telangana AYUSH council, or the district health and medical officer.
The operation started when a healthy man went to see RK Biswas, one of the phoney doctors who was operating the Maruti Clinic in Warangal, claiming to have blood in his stools. For ₹20,000, Biswas offered to heal the said ailment. Biswas attempted to hide the fact that he could summon another Khammam doctor when the anti-quackery team caught him. He then acknowledged that he had an arts degree rather than any medical training.
Two more phoney doctors, AK Sarkar and SK Sarkar, were discovered running an Ayurvedic clinic called Anupama Clinic in Warangal during a raid at a clinic close to the Hanuman Temple. SK Sarkar was not present during the raid but has also been booked, even though AK Sarkar was caught practicing without the necessary authorization or registration. It was discovered that neither of them had the required qualifications to practice Ayurveda and was not registered with the state AYUSH council.
In Kumarpally, the third person, Apurba Biswas, was apprehended utilizing phoney Ayurvedic degree certificates from Kolkata. He was employing dangerous and non-scientific techniques to give patients unlicensed, handmade ointments.
The Warangal District Anti-Quackery Committee and the Telangana State Medical Council are now prepared to formally complain to the district medical officer and the Ayush council about the fraudulent doctors. This operation demonstrates the need for regulation to protect patient safety and the growing concern over the presence of unlicensed practitioners in the medical industry, particularly in alternative medicine.
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TIMES OF INDIA
