Telangana health dept. orders to take stringent action against fake docs By Mohammed Hussain| Published: 16th December 2020 4:46 pm IST Hyderabad: The Department of Public Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday recommended stringent action against the hospitals housing fake medical practitioners, which are violating the clinical establishment act (2010). In a letter to the district medical officers (DMOs), the department also directed them to verify the genuinity of the doctors. Dr. G Srinivasa Rao, Director of Public Health & Family Welfare, directed the district medical and health officers of Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Medchal districts to visit the 100 hospitals allegedly to have fake doctors working in it and asked to submit the action report to the health department immediately.