AMC seals medical clinics of four fake doctors

  • | Thursday | 13th September, 2018

The health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Wednesday sealed four medical clinics operated by fake doctors. Two of the sealed clinics are in south zone, from where six similar clinics run by fake doctors were sealed by the civic body earlier. "The doctors could not produce their degrees," said Dr Bhavin Solanki, in-charge medical officer of health, AMC. "In some pockets of zone there are poor and illiterate people who are easy preys for such doctors," said Dr Tejash Shah, deputy health officer of AMC, south zone. The clinics that were sealed belonged to Dr Deepak Patel in Vejalpur, Dr Shahejad Ahemad in Kalupur, Dr AK Gupta in Lambha, and Dr Surendra Joshi in Vatva.

The health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Wednesday sealed four medical clinics operated by fake doctors. The clinics that were sealed belonged to Dr Deepak Patel in Vejalpur, Dr Shahejad Ahemad in Kalupur, Dr AK Gupta in Lambha, and Dr Surendra Joshi in Vatva. The step was taken after several inspections by health department teams. All four doctors were found practising medicine without proper degrees. "The doctors could not produce their degrees," said Dr Bhavin Solanki, in-charge medical officer of health, AMC. "Two of them were not even allopathy doctors and were prescribing allopathy medicines to their patients. This is illegal. They were not even able to produce certificates from the Gujarat Medical Association. Since they failed on all terms, we sealed their clinics." Two of the sealed clinics are in south zone, from where six similar clinics run by fake doctors were sealed by the civic body earlier. "In some pockets of zone there are poor and illiterate people who are easy preys for such doctors," said Dr Tejash Shah, deputy health officer of AMC, south zone. "The population in this area majorly comprises migratory and labour class who never bother to inquire about their doctors' eligibility. We do have our health centres in such pockets, but due to clash in the timing of their work and OPDs of the clinic, they visit private doctors."

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