Overview
- State medical council teams inspected eight privately registered facilities in Miryalaguda and found no qualified specialists on site.
- Permissions were obtained using the names of city-based ophthalmologists while clinics were operated by optometry and ophthalmic technicians.
- First Information Reports were filed and police arrested five technicians after evidence collection and verification.
- Show-cause notices were issued to the doctors whose names were used, with hearings before the Medical Ethics and Malpractices Committee pending.
- TGMC said it will pursue criminal cases under NMC and TMPR provisions and may recommend licence suspensions and administrative action against the facilities.