Telangana DCA officials bust fake Quack’s clinic in Hyderabad’s old city
The officials of Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) have busted a Quack's clinic at Chandrayanagutta in the old city here where huge medicines without any drug licence have been stocked.
Hyderabad: The officials of Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) have busted a Quack’s clinic at Chandrayanagutta in the old city here where huge medicines without any drug licence have been stocked.
On credible information, the officials on Monday raided premises of a quack Imran Khan, who is claiming himself as a ‘Rural Medical Practitioner’ and practising medicine without qualification at his clinic, DCA Director General VB Kamalasan Reddy said in a release here.
During the raid, the DCA officials detected huge stocks of medicines found stocked at the premises without any drug licence. It seized 30 varieties of medicines including antibiotics, analgesics, anti-ulcer drugs, antihypertensives, antidiabetics, worth Rs. 1.02 lakh during the raid.
DCA officials also detected several higher generations ‘antibiotic injections’ at the clinic during the raid.
Indiscriminate sale of antibiotics, by an unqualified person may have disastrous consequences on the health of public, including emergence of ‘Antimicrobial Resistance’.
T. Rajamouli, Assistant Director, Hyderabad, Ms B. Lakshmi, Drugs Inspector, Charminar and Ms.Ch. Swapna, Drugs Inspector, Jubilee Hills are among the officers who carried out the raid.
The officials sent the samples for analysis.
Further investigation will be carried out and action will be taken as per the law against all the offenders, the release added.
Wholesalers/Dealers who supply medicines to such unqualified persons, who are stocking and selling drugs without a drug licence, are also punishable under Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Stringent action shall be taken against such Wholesalers/Dealers, the officials cautioned.
