Hyderabad Police apprehended six people who allegedly posed as doctors and treated people without holding any valid medical qualification. Five of them had earlier worked as compounders. Three of them posed as specialist doctors like paediatrician and dermatologist.
They were caught during raids by the City Police Commissioner’s Task Force along with personnel from Ramgopalpet, Chilkalguda, OU City and Domalguda Police Stations, conducted in various parts of Secunderabad Zone.
The accused allegedly provided medical treatment to patients, including administering IV fluids, injections and prescribed medicines, as per a press note issued on Tuesday.
The police identified the accused as Nilagiri Prasad, 40, who posed as general and children specialist doctor at Family Clinic, Chilkalguda; Adan Samdani, 23, who posed as a dermatologist at Samdani Clinic in Nallagutta, Ranigunj; M. Srinivas, 51, Sai Ram Clinic, Lower Tank Bund; Peddapatla Sadanand, 52, Sai Ram Clinic, Near Wesley Church, Chilkalguda; Chintaluri Ramesh, 45, who posed as a general doctor and family physician at Poly Clinic, Manikeshwar Nagar, and Shivaratri Lingaiah, 57, Surya Clinic, Manikeshwar Nagar, Secunderabad.
The Task Force DCP Vaibhav Gaikwad Raghunath urged people to report such persons to the nearest police station or authorities concerned.
