Lok Sabha Debates
Need To Curb The Medical Practice Being Done By Unqualified Persons Posing As ... on 19 August, 2010
> Title: Need to curb the medical practice being done by unqualified persons posing as doctors in rural areas of the country-laid.
SHRI ANTO ANTONY (PATHANAMATHITTA): Health sector in our country is being seriously damaged due to medical practice being done by unqualified persons posing themselves as doctors and use of expired medicines. According to the latest reports, there are nearly two and a half lakh quacks in the country. Most of the quacks are working in rural and remote areas. They are fleecing the rural folk by exploiting their innocence. These quacks are functioning as the major conduit to inject fake & expired drugs with altered labels which can be fatal to mankind. I, therefore, request the Government to intervene in the matter and devise mechanism to prevent these unhealthy practices in our country.