55 held in drive against quacks running illegal clinics

  • | Friday | 10th November, 2017

CHANDIGARH: Acting on complaints received against quacks, who are running clinics, the Chief Minister's Flying Squad (CMFS) along with officers of the health department on Thursday, conducted raids at 147 places all over the state. While five FIRs were registered and five persons were arrested in Bhiwani, no FIR was registered in Fatehabad. The officials have also registered 54 FIRs and arrested 55 quacks and their helpers.An official spokesman said while some of these quacks were operating from their houses, others had opened standalone shops. He said that five raids each were conducted in Bhiwani and Fatehabad. The CMFS and several teams of doctors also recovered prohibited medicines and other surgical items from these clinics.So far, 54 cases have been registered against those quacks who were unable to produce their degrees or relevant documents for running these clinics.

CHANDIGARH: Acting on complaints received against quacks, who are running clinics, the Chief Minister's Flying Squad (CMFS) along with officers of the health department on Thursday, conducted raids at 147 places all over the state. The officials have also registered 54 FIRs and arrested 55 quacks and their helpers.An official spokesman said while some of these quacks were operating from their houses, others had opened standalone shops. The CMFS and several teams of doctors also recovered prohibited medicines and other surgical items from these clinics.So far, 54 cases have been registered against those quacks who were unable to produce their degrees or relevant documents for running these clinics. The raids were being held at the time of filing the report.The spokesman also said that a maximum of 31 raids were conducted in Gurugram where three FIRs were registered and three persons were arrested followed by 11 raids in Faridabad where 11 FIRs were registered and 11 persons were arrested, and nine raids each were conducted in Panchkula and Sirsa.While one FIR was registered and one person was arrested in Panchkula, two FIRs were registered and two persons were arrested in Sirsa. Similarly, eight raids each were conducted in Sonepat and Narnaul where eight FIRs were registered and eight persons were arrested and one FIR was registered and one person was arrested, respectively.He said seven raids each were conducted in Yamunanagar, Hisar and Jind. While one FIR was registered and one person along with two helpers was arrested in Yamunanagar, two FIRs were registered and two persons were arrested in Hisar and one FIR was registered and one person was arrested in Jind.Similarly, six raids each were conducted in Jhajjar and Hansi, and two FIRs were registered and one person was arrested in Jhajjar, and one FIR was registered and one person was arrested in Hansi. He said that five raids each were conducted in Bhiwani and Fatehabad. While five FIRs were registered and five persons were arrested in Bhiwani, no FIR was registered in Fatehabad.

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