Police have arrested two quacks in the district even as anti-dengue operations are being intensified.
When anti-dengue operations by the official machinery intensified in Rajapalayam and its surroundings, it was found that treatment given by a few quacks was the main reason for the deaths. Subsequently, the police started arresting quacks based on information provided by the public and the Department of Public Health. The police arrested T. Meenambal (47) at Mullikulam near Puliyangudi, who has passed only Plus Two, and lab technician Jalaludeen (40) of Kadayanallur on Wednesday night as they were reportedly prescribing medicines and administering injections to patients.
Tuticorin
Similarly, a quack, who was running a clinic at his house, was arrested here on Thursday evening.
According to police, K. Rajinikumar (41) of Matha Nagar Main Road had a name board at his house stating that he was a doctor with MD degree. Health officials led by Joint Director of Health J. Nallathambi Gnana Diwakar raided his house and demanded that he produce his certificates of qualification.
He told them that he was a homeopathy doctor with SSLC qualification. But he could not produce any certificates to prove that claim either. He had been running the clinic there for the last seven months. Earlier, he had a clinic at Poo Pandiapuram under Thalamuthu Nagar police limits.
Based on a complaint lodged by Dr Diwakar, Thalamuthu Nagar police filed a case against him under Sections 420 and 418 of the Indian Penal Code.
