Dr Kannaiah Thallapally of Livyoung Clinic in Jubilee Hills faces the harshest penalty—a full year suspension—for allegedly performing procedures far beyond his qualifications.
Published Sep 26, 2025 | 8:13 PM ⚊ Updated Sep 26, 2025 | 8:13 PM
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Synopsis: The Council noted that its zero-tolerance approach is evident in its directive requiring all five doctors to surrender their registration certificates within 10 days, with the threat of permanent removal from the Medical Register for non-compliance. Additionally, the Council has recommended that health authorities review or cancel the registrations of the involved hospitals.
In a crackdown on medical misconduct, the Telangana Medical Council(TGMC) has suspended five doctors for promoting quackery and practicing unqualified medical procedures, putting patient safety at risk.
The disciplinary action, taken under the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 and the Telangana Medical Practitioners Registration Act, 1968, reveals a disturbing pattern of doctors collaborating with unqualified practitioners and misrepresenting their credentials to unsuspecting patients.
Three prominent hospital medical directors, Dr A Chaitanya Reddy of OXYCARE Hospital, Dr M Goutham Reddy of OMNI Hospital, and Dr KV Mallikarjuna Rao of EVYA Hospitals, each received six-month suspensions for their involvement with what officials describe as a “quacks’ event”.
“They were supporting the RMP association — I mean, three private hospitals. All these hospitals collaborated with the RMP association,” explained a TGMC member to South First, referring to the Rural Medical Practitioners’ association, not registered medical practitioners.
“Now, RMP is not a registered body. It is basically a rural medical practitioners’ association — an association of unqualified people, in simple terms quackery,” he added.
The gravity of their actions becomes clearer when the official elaborates: “As per medical ethics, this is absolutely wrong. A qualified doctor cannot collaborate with a non-qualified person to attract patients.”
He further added that the doctors, when called for explanations, “even accepted that they were guilty,” leading to their eventual suspension.
The TGMC member further emphasised the broader implications of these partnerships: “Outside, such associations are promoting commissions to divert patients, and all these things have been happening. We have been giving them warnings for a long time.”
But the misconduct extends beyond collaboration with unqualified practitioners. Dr Kannaiah Thallapally of Livyoung Clinic in Jubilee Hills faces the harshest penalty—a full year suspension—for allegedly performing procedures far beyond his qualifications.
“Dr. Kannaiah is only an MBBS doctor, but he has been posing as a plastic surgeon or dermatologist and conducting procedures in dermatology and plastic surgery,” the TGMC member revealed.
The case came to light after a patient complaint and subsequent legal action. “He was performing procedures like fat grafting, tissue grafting, and other surgeries usually done by trained plastic surgeons. He is not supposed to do these procedures with just an MBBS degree.”
Similarly, Dr K Uma Maheshwar of Padmavathi Neuro & Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sangareddy received a six-month suspension for displaying unrecognized medical qualifications not approved by the National Medical Commission and misrepresenting himself as a neurosurgeon.
“Dr Uma Maheshwar is also just an MBBS doctor, but he has been posing as a neurosurgeon or neurophysician,” the official said.
Despite repeated warnings and opportunities to correct his credentials, “he did not correct himself and continued the same kind of misrepresentation, claiming to be a neurophysician and neurosurgeon.”
The Council noted that its zero-tolerance approach is evident in its directive requiring all five doctors to surrender their registration certificates within 10 days, with the threat of permanent removal from the Medical Register for non-compliance. Additionally, the Council has recommended that health authorities review or cancel the registrations of the involved hospitals.
They further noted that these actions represent more than administrative penalties—”they reflect the Council’s commitment to safeguarding patient safety and upholding the dignity of the medical profession in an environment where unqualified practice and medical misrepresentation pose serious threats to public health.”
(Edited by Sumavarsha)
