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Quack Or Qualified? Expert Explains How To Spot A Registered Doctor From A Fake
Verifying a doctor's registration with the National Medical Commission or State Medical Council is essential to ensure qualified medical care.
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No Raids, Few FIRs: RTI Reveals Lack Of Action Against Quacks In Delhi
Data shows that in 2025 only one case was registered against a quack doctor, while in 2024 not a single case was forwarded.
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17 Quacks Arrested In 90 Days: How An Assam District Became Fake Doctors Hub
Assam Police in Cachar district have intensified their ongoing campaign against medical fraud, arresting two more individuals suspected of practising as fake doctors in the last two days.
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Crackdown On Quacks In Telangana, 500 Police Cases Filed
A massive and unprecedented crackdown on fake doctors across the state has been started, with the Telangana Medical Council asking the police to file around 500 FIRs in an effort to safeguard public health.
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Analysis: Why Quacks Survive And Thrive In India
Quacks or jhola chaps are usually known to operate in rural areas or outskirts of towns. That an Unlicensed Medical Practitioner (UMP) could practise as a cardiologist in a large, reputed hospital is unthinkable.
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State Medical Councils To Appoint Officers To Weed Out Quacks
State Medical Councils have been asked by the National Medical Council (NMC) to appoint an officer who can file complaints before a court or any other authority concerned to take action against quacks.
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"Quack In Garb Of Baba": Doctors' Body To Top Medical Body On Ramdev
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday wrote to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) against yoga guru Baba Ramdev alleging him of making "unprovoked demeaning and prejudicing utterances against modern medicine".
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Bihar Official Orders "Jhola-Chaap" Doctors Be Trained To Treat COVID-19
A medical officer in Bihar has been suspended for ordering that "jhola-chhaap" doctors (quacks) be identified and trained to treat patients with coronavirus infections in the state.
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One-Year-Old Suffering From Pneumonia Burnt With Hot Iron Rod For Cure
A one-year-old boy suffering from pneumonia was branded with a hot iron rod allegedly by a person claiming to have medical knowledge in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district, police said.
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Bengal To Train And Rope In 'Quacks' To Plug Gaps In Health Infrastructure
Some unscrupulous ones put a Dr before their name. Others dont, but dont like being called quacks or barefoot doctors either. They are ok with -rural medical practitioners- and they know they plug a huge gap in the health infrastructure in the country, an estimated 2.5 million of them.
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No Doctors? Their Assistants Can Treat Villagers, Says Bengal Government
What if you live in a remote village, far from a hospital, don't have a car and suddenly fall ill? In Bengal, many go to a local quack, defined by the dictionary as "ignorant pretenders of medical skills" but in many cases, assistants of registered MBBS doctors in cities who, after some years of experience, return to their own villages and set up a...
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3 Quacks Arrested in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal District
Three persons have been arrested for posing as allopathic medical practioners without necessary qualification in the district, police said today.
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Quacks to be taken to task
The Delhi government has set up a special task force to check the increasing numbers of quacks or 'pseudo doctors' in the capital. The matter had been on top priority with the Health Ministry since two people who allegedly were given wrong treatment by quacks went on an indefinite hunger strike. The Chief Medical Officer of the Anti-Quackery cell ...
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Quack Or Qualified? Expert Explains How To Spot A Registered Doctor From A Fake
Verifying a doctor's registration with the National Medical Commission or State Medical Council is essential to ensure qualified medical care.
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No Raids, Few FIRs: RTI Reveals Lack Of Action Against Quacks In Delhi
Data shows that in 2025 only one case was registered against a quack doctor, while in 2024 not a single case was forwarded.
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17 Quacks Arrested In 90 Days: How An Assam District Became Fake Doctors Hub
Assam Police in Cachar district have intensified their ongoing campaign against medical fraud, arresting two more individuals suspected of practising as fake doctors in the last two days.
-
Crackdown On Quacks In Telangana, 500 Police Cases Filed
A massive and unprecedented crackdown on fake doctors across the state has been started, with the Telangana Medical Council asking the police to file around 500 FIRs in an effort to safeguard public health.
-
Analysis: Why Quacks Survive And Thrive In India
Quacks or jhola chaps are usually known to operate in rural areas or outskirts of towns. That an Unlicensed Medical Practitioner (UMP) could practise as a cardiologist in a large, reputed hospital is unthinkable.
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State Medical Councils To Appoint Officers To Weed Out Quacks
State Medical Councils have been asked by the National Medical Council (NMC) to appoint an officer who can file complaints before a court or any other authority concerned to take action against quacks.
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"Quack In Garb Of Baba": Doctors' Body To Top Medical Body On Ramdev
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday wrote to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) against yoga guru Baba Ramdev alleging him of making "unprovoked demeaning and prejudicing utterances against modern medicine".
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Bihar Official Orders "Jhola-Chaap" Doctors Be Trained To Treat COVID-19
A medical officer in Bihar has been suspended for ordering that "jhola-chhaap" doctors (quacks) be identified and trained to treat patients with coronavirus infections in the state.
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One-Year-Old Suffering From Pneumonia Burnt With Hot Iron Rod For Cure
A one-year-old boy suffering from pneumonia was branded with a hot iron rod allegedly by a person claiming to have medical knowledge in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district, police said.
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Bengal To Train And Rope In 'Quacks' To Plug Gaps In Health Infrastructure
Some unscrupulous ones put a Dr before their name. Others dont, but dont like being called quacks or barefoot doctors either. They are ok with -rural medical practitioners- and they know they plug a huge gap in the health infrastructure in the country, an estimated 2.5 million of them.
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No Doctors? Their Assistants Can Treat Villagers, Says Bengal Government
What if you live in a remote village, far from a hospital, don't have a car and suddenly fall ill? In Bengal, many go to a local quack, defined by the dictionary as "ignorant pretenders of medical skills" but in many cases, assistants of registered MBBS doctors in cities who, after some years of experience, return to their own villages and set up a...
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3 Quacks Arrested in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal District
Three persons have been arrested for posing as allopathic medical practioners without necessary qualification in the district, police said today.
-
Quacks to be taken to task
The Delhi government has set up a special task force to check the increasing numbers of quacks or 'pseudo doctors' in the capital. The matter had been on top priority with the Health Ministry since two people who allegedly were given wrong treatment by quacks went on an indefinite hunger strike. The Chief Medical Officer of the Anti-Quackery cell ...
