Quack Held After 2 Yrs Of Probe, Legal Battle

AFTER a two-year legal and investigative battle, the General Practitioners Association (GPA) has finally succeeded in getting a man arrested for working as a doctor as well as a nurse in multiple hospitals without the required qualifications.

- UNNIKRISHNAN S @T'Puram

Jobin Babu, of Perambra, was arrested by the Ambalavayal police in Wayanad. He allegedly forged his credentials to secure jobs in several hospitals in Kozhikode and Wayanad.

The arrest followed the Kerala High Court's admission of a writ petition filed by the GPA, which highlighted systemic failures in identifying and prosecuting unqualified medical practitioners.

Though the arrest has come as a relief to the GPA and the medical community, doctors expressed concern that Jobin had been attending to patients unchecked for years.