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TGMC Crackdown Nets Five Arrests at Miryalaguda Eye Clinics

Regulators found technicians performing procedures without on-site ophthalmologists.

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.