: In a case highlighting the growing menace caused by unlicensed and unqualified medical practitioners, Munja Lakshmaiah, a 42-year-old resident of Medapalli in Keshavapatnam mandal of Karimnagar, passed away on Wednesday night after he was given IV fluids and antibiotics by a rural medical practitioner, Ch, Madhava Raju, at his Madhu Clinic, without proper medical evaluation. The Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) has initiated an investigation into the matter. Council member Dr.
Seshumadhav announced that a case will be filed against Madhav Raju. He warned of legal action against RMPs practicing beyond their qualifications and conducting unauthorised treatments. This is not an isolated case where inappropriate treatment provided by unauthorised personnel had led to the severity in condition of their patients.
In May, the arm of a woman from Warangal had to be amputated and recently, a child died reportedly due to wrong treatment by fake doctors. The TGMC has caught 250 fake doctors in raids from April to July across the state and police complaints have been lodged. The Telangana Drug Control Administration (DCA) caught 60 fake doctors with unauthorised stock of medicines and drugs from January to July, as per data shared by the director-general V.
Kamalasan Reddy. “Under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the arrest of quacks is not mandated; however, cases have been registered, and prosecutions shall be launched against the offenders,” he told Deccan Chronicle. A person is all.