SADIQABAD-Quackery, being carried out under the guise of clinics, has put the public lives at risk as the quacks are not playing with public health but also are free to fleece the innocent villagers according to their status.
The report of a survey conducted by this correspondent reveals that the illegal clinics, being run by semi-literate medical practitioners, are mushrooming in several localities of the tehsil including - Awami Colony, Madina Colony, Madina Town, Ilyas Colony, Udh Colony, Shoaib Town, Arif Colony and Public Colony. The self-claimed doctors at these clinics lack the requisite experience and standard equipment. Majority of these clinics are being run in rural and backward areas of the tehsil where the people are uneducated and have no awareness about precautions necessary to be taken for treatment.
Residents of different areas including Ch Gulzar, Abdul Sattar, Muhammad Shafi, Muhammad Aamir, Sultan Mehmood and Asghar Ali said that there is no check on the illegal activities of these quacks. “The administration has also turned a blind eye to the situation and left the public at the mercy of these enemies of humanity,” they regretted.
They demanded the officials concerned to take action against quacks and save precious lives of the people.