Mysore/Mysuru, April 6 -- Clinic run by quack; licence in father's name; operational for nearly 50 years

District AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) Department Officer Dr. C. Renukadevi has issued orders directing the closure of a clinic at Devalapura in Varuna hobli, Mysuru taluk, which was being run illegally, by a quack, prescribing allopathic medicines to the patients.

Sri Gurumalleshwara Clinic at Devalapura was being run by Dr. Vivekananda G. Sannur, DAM (Diploma in Ayurvedic Medicine), for the past 45 to 50 years. Now, Dr. Vivekananda's son Naveen, despite not possessing any medical qualification, was issuing the prescriptions illegally, misusing the license issued in the name of his father.

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