You walk into a small clinic with a fever.
The board says Doctor.
The man in the white coat says trust me.
You get an injection. You feel better. You leave.
Except… the man was never a doctor.
And the injection? A cocktail of steroids, antibiotics and Schedule H drugs your body never asked for.
This is exactly what the Telangana Medical Council just walked into — three times in one day.
Surprise inspections in Saidabad and Singareni Colony, Hyderabad cracked open a quiet little ecosystem of fake medicine.
Here's the lineup 👇
We're not talking about a vitamin tablet gone wrong.
These clinics were allegedly pushing:
Steroids can wreck your kidneys, spike your sugar, and quietly thin your bones.
Antibiotics, when handed out like candy, breed superbugs the real hospitals later can't kill.
And India already has a problem. Studies show nearly 60% of topical steroid users in the country apply them without a prescription. The damage is already in motion.
This isn't a one-off raid.
The TGMC has been on a quiet war path — over 500 police cases filed against quacks across Telangana in the last year alone.
Their newest trick? Sending decoy patients into suspicious clinics and asking for a prescription. If the "doctor" scribbles one, the game is up.
Smart. Surgical. Long overdue.
Quacks don't survive because people are stupid.
They survive because real healthcare is far, distant, expensive, and intimidating.
A ₹50 injection from the neighbourhood "doctor" feels easier than a ₹500 consultation across town.
Until it isn't.
The TGMC has opened a WhatsApp helpline for tips:
👉 9154382727
See a clinic with a fishy degree on the wall? An "ECG centre" run by someone who can't pronounce it? Report it.
Because the next person walking through that door… might not walk back out.
That's all for now!
