Secunderabad: Student poses as doctor at Gandhi Hospital, held

HYDERABAD: A 26-year-old degree student was nabbed by the Chilkalguda police at Gandhi Hospital on Thursday for running a clinic as a ‘doctor’ without any proof of qualification.
The accused, Suprajeet Panda, a resident of Uppal, had opened a community cardiology centre at Hanuman Sai Nagar in Uppal.
“He has been using a fake ID card posing as a doctor and was operating a clinic since January 1 this year.The accused was caught after a security guard grew suspicious of Panda when he visited Gandhi Hospital to invite patients to his clinic,” said Chilkalguda inspector AC Balagangi Reddy.
According to the police, the accused was running the clinic without proper degree or documents and charged his patients consultation fee. The accused, in the guise of a cardiologist, would visit Gandhi Hospital and distribute his fake visiting card requesting people to visit his clinic.
On Thursday, the accused was nabbed after a security guard, Pradeep Kumar, from Gandhi Hospital caught him in the canteen. Later, the staff, along with the resident medical officer (RMO), confronted him and alerted the police.
The accused was booked under IPC Sections 170 (personating a public servant), 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery) and 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and relevant sections of Telangana Medical Practitioners Registration Act.