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The Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) has uncovered wide irregularities astatine backstage oculus hospitals successful Miryalaguda municipality of Nalgonda territory during astonishment inspections conducted connected Friday (December 19).
A full of 7 centres were inspected, and TGMC officials recovered that nary of these oculus hospitals had a qualified ophthalmologist moving with them. Several of these centres had obtained licences from the District Registration Authority by listing the names of qualified ophthalmologists, but were being tally by ophthalmology and optometry technicians.
These technicians were recovered to beryllium prescribing medicines and diagnostic tests beyond their qualifications and, successful immoderate cases, performing surgical procedures without the beingness of a qualified doctor. The ophthalmologists, whose names appeared connected the licences, were recovered to beryllium practising successful Hyderabad and different cities, said a release.
TGMC officials said that the inspection squad reported superior violations astatine Sri Venkateswara Eye Hospital and Shalini Eye Hospital. Dr. M. Bharat Bhushan and Dr. K. Venkateswarlu, who clasp lone MBBS degrees, were recovered to beryllium falsely claiming MS (Ophthalmology) qualifications and projecting themselves arsenic oculus specialists. The hospitals were being operated mostly done technicians, with nary qualified ophthalmologist disposable to dainty patients.
Officials besides flagged concerns astatine Komala Medical and General Store, wherever A. Koteshwar Rao was recovered to person acceptable up beds successful a archetypal assistance centre without immoderate recognised aesculapian qualification and was recovered to beryllium administering antibiotics and steroid injections.
The centres inspected by TGMC officials included Sri Venkateswara Eye Hospital, Sri Mahalakshmi Eye Hospital, Annapurna Netralayam, Yashasvi Eye Hospital, Shalini Eye Clinic, Rafa Vision Care Center and Shiva Sai Eye Hospital.
TGMC said transgression cases would beryllium registered against each individuals recovered to beryllium moving these centres without recognised aesculapian qualifications. The assembly has besides issued notices to the ophthalmologists successful whose names the licences for these facilities were obtained, informing that their MBBS licences would beryllium suspended if satisfactory mentation was not submitted.
