Hyderabad, March 17 -- The Indian Medical Association Telangana on Sunday, March 16 urged the state government to form stringent measures against quackery in the state.

Several doctors from the state have rejected the idea of integrating quacks into into the paramedical system, arguing that it would legitimise unsafe treatment. At a discussion organised by the IMA Telangana, doctors urged the Telangana government to bring in a policy to phase out quackery.

Addressing a gathering at the IMA Telangana office in Koti, vice-chairman of the Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) Dr G Srinivas said, "412 cases had been filed against individuals practicing medicine without proper qualifications."

He warned that many of them had been indiscriminatel...