TGMC Finds Unqualified Persons Treating Patients at Hanamkonda Clinics

Hyderabad:The Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) has found allegedly unqualified persons treating patients at clinics using the names and medical registration numbers of qualified doctors displayed on their signboards, at Reddy Colony, Raipura and Indiranagar of Hanamkonda,

At Sri Lakshmi Clinic in Indiranagar, officials found that the board displayed the names of Dr B. Mohana Krishna, MD (General Medicine), and Dr N. Avinash, MBBS. However, R.K. Rao, aged around 50–55, was treating patients and introducing himself as a doctor from Hyderabad.

The council said he had not completed Intermediate education and had earlier worked as a compounder. The clinic had no permission from the district medical and health department and had beds on its premises.

At Pranathi Clinic, permission in the name of Dr K. Sushmita had expired. The council had received complaints that Dr Sushmita, a government employee, was not attending the clinic. Instead, N. Sandeep, who had studied pharmacy, was allegedly posing as a doctor and treating patients.

The team also inspected centres allegedly run by Vijaya and Venu in the same locality. Though cases had earlier been registered against them in connection with Siddhartha Clinic, officials found that unauthorised medical activities were continuing. They reportedly found steroid, painkiller and antibiotic injections being administered in high doses.

The TGMC will issue notices to the doctors whose names and registration numbers appeared on the clinic boards, seeking explanations about their roles and supervision of the centres. The inspection team included TGMC member Dr V. Naresh Kumar, co-opted member Dr Kolipaka Venkataswamy, Warangal district anti-quackery committee chairman Dr Mohammed Anwar Mia and IMA Warangal secretary Dr S. Shirish Kumar.