Unqualified practitioners found treating patients, prescribing allopathic medicines in Hyderabad
The Telangana Medical Council has identified several clinics in Hyderabad operating with unqualified staff or lacking proper registration. Inspections revealed individuals performing medical procedures and prescribing allopathic medicines without the necessary credentials.
Why it matters
This highlights significant public health risks and regulatory gaps in medical oversight, endangering patient safety in urban areas.
Several Hyderabad clinics came under the Telangana Medical Council’s (TGMC) scanner on Sunday, September 13, after people without required medical qualifications or statutory registrations were found practising allopathy, prescribing medicines and treating patients during surprise inspections.
The inspections were carried out by TGMC members Dr. G. Srinivas, Dr. V. Naresh Kumar and Dr. K.U.N. Vishnu. At Shifa Clinic in Golconda, M. Shabbir Hussain with a BUMS qualification, was allegedly providing allopathic treatment to both paediatric and adult patients without required registration.
At Health Care Clinic in Rajendranagar, two persons including Farooq, who stated that he had completed Intermediate, and Gazala, with a BUMS qualification, were found treating patients without the requisite medical qualifications.
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