Unqualified practice of medicine will not be condoned

Star: PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry will not condone any unqualified practice of medicine even if there are claims of positive results.
“It is not responsible and we will not condone any of it,” Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said yesterday. “We will not validate hearsay.”
He stressed that people were risking their lives when they sought treatment or were operated on by unlicensed practitioners claiming to be doctors.
It was reported yesterday that a man claiming to be a doctor, who only registered as a traditional medicine practitioner, had his clinic raided by health authorities who found a fully-equipped operating theatre inside.
The man had fled by the time the authorities arrived.
“He is not a doctor. If you are prepared to be treated or operated on by him, then you must be very brave,” added Dr Ismail.
“There is nothing much we can do if gullible the public want to fraternise with 'doctors' who are not trained.”