Couple arrested for operating unauthorised clinic
Source: Chronicle News Service
Kakching, September 22 2022:
Kakching district police on Thursday arrested a couple for allegedly posing as medical practitioners.
Based on complaints of suspected fake doctors operating in Kakching district, a joint team of chief medical officer Th Rajen and a Kakching police team led by additional SP (CPCR) A Romendro Singh on Thursday raided a clinic run by a couple claiming to be doctors at Sora Bazar.
One individual identified as N Nandakumar Singh along with his wife Bijayanti Devi were running the clinic by the name of Jahuda Modern Clinic and Jahuda Ladies Women Clinic with some prescription pads carrying the first name while some carrying others.
Upon inspection of prescription papers, it was observed that N Nandakumar had declared himself as medicine degree holder while Bijayanti Devi was claiming to be a nursing assistant, obstetrician and gynaecologist in 2 different sets of prescriptions.
N Nandakumar had 2 different registration numbers (3394/3994) registered with the West Bengal Medical Council in 1997 and his wife Bijayanti had a registration no 3815 registered with Assam Council.
They failed to produce any documents to prove that such registrations were genuine.
Moreover, upon spot examination it was found that they were practicing unsafe medical termination of pregnancy with unsafe unsterilized instrument sets, which they also admitted to.
A few MR syringes and a copper T were found corroborating the same.
They also have a makeshift bed with a broken IV stand which presumably is the bed for conducting unsafe abortions.
The couple was prescribing drugs and medicines without appropriate knowledge about names, indications, dose timings and side effects.
From the spot, the health team seized different allopathic and homeopathic medications along with unsterilized surgical instruments.
These medicines were stocked and dispensed from an open counter without any valid licence from the state regulatory body.
They had a receipt book in the name of BCH Pharmacy claiming it to be a registered pharmacy, but without any licence number or GST number which is required and mandatory nowadays.
On questioning N Nandakumar regarding his qualification and degree, he claimed to have studied from one institute called Indian Board of Alternative Medicine located at 80 Chowring-hee Lane in Kolkata.
The institute in question was included in the list of fake universities operating out of Kolkata and different parts of India a few years back.
It was also learnt that the degree he obtained was from a fake university and that he received a written communication about the same few years back.
His wife could not inform where she got her degrees and exactly what degree she has and whether she is a gynaecologist or nursing professional.
Also, from Nandakumar's possession the team found different seals identifying himself as a medical practitioner and one identifying him as a medical officer of Kakching.
The two persons were arrested and handed over to Kakching police for legal action under relevant sections of the law.