Hyderabad: If you think visiting corporate hospitals keeps you safe from quacks, then be prepared for this shocker. The menace of quackery appears to have spread to reputed corporate hospitals too. The Hyderabad police has stumbled upon a case that might burst that bubble.
Raja Narsaiah, worked as a medical officer at the city's big corporate hospitals since the last five years until police figured he is a quack. Having forged his name on medical certificates of unidentified doctors, Narsaiah landed himself plumb jobs in various city hospitals, earning Rs 13,000 per month despite failing his class twelve.
"This is a concern hospitals need to verify. We have asked them to be more cautious," says Deputy Commissioner of Police P Nagi Reddy.
Thirty-year old Sanjay had to pay a heavy price for going to an unregistered doctor for treatment of piles. Sanjay got a severe infection and was bed-ridden for five months. The quack on the other hand is still practicing.
"Over 70 per cent people of Andhra Pradesh cannot afford expensive medical care. Adding to their woes are quacks such as Narsaiah who still nurtures dreams of at least landing a compounder's job," says Sanjay.
"Hum chota mota compounder ka kaam kar lenge. Doctor kabhi nahi banenge," (I can do the job of a compounder. I will never become a doctor.) says Narsaiah, a quack.
Medical experts and concerned citizens suggest proper background verifications by corporate hospitals while hiring doctors.
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