BMC orders two Goregaon clinics to halt allopathy practice over lack of valid registration

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued legal notices to two clinics in Goregaon, directing them to immediately stop practising allopathic medicine, following inspections that allegedly found they were operating without valid registration with the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) or any recognised medical council.

The notices, issued by Dr Tulsidar Kantilal Karpe, Medical Officer of Health of the BMC's P-East Ward, state that the clinics were found actively practising modern scientific medicine (allopathy) during inspections. One notice, dated June 22, was sent to Krishna Clinic in Goregaon. Another was issued on June 19 to a second clinic in the same area.

According to the notices, practising allopathy without a valid MBBS or MD degree and registration with the MMC violates the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961, and the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019. The clinics have been ordered to cease all unauthorised medical activities immediately. Non-compliance may lead to legal and criminal proceedings, including an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for cheating and impersonation, as well as action under the state medical act, which could involve arrest and seizure of premises.

However, health officials clarified that the practitioners have not yet been declared “bogus doctors.” Dr Karpe told The Indian Express, “We have not yet declared they are bogus doctors. We have to get their documents verified — whether they have the medical license or not, whether they have degrees or not. This is part of our routine inspection.”

He added that inspections of private clinics are being carried out across Mumbai and its suburbs as part of routine enforcement by the health department.