Medical scams range from people posing as doctors and practicing without a license, to useless supplements, worthless or dangerous diet aides, fake medicines, unnecessary surgeries and cures for cancer. Here are a few from across the world:
Insurance scam: A news snippet:” The police have arrested a doctor at a major Ho Chi Minh City hospital, Vietnam and a pharmaceutical company representative for allegedly using health insurance documents to issue fake prescriptions and cash in on the drugs.”
Kidney scam: There are more than 100,000 domestic buyers thronging to the kidney market of India. Also vying with them are thousands of foreign nationals. For many of them, obtaining a matching kidney has become a matter of life and death. According to the police, Amit Kumar was operating a well-knit network consisting of several ‘clinics’ spread over seven states. While the main accused, with some 600 kidney transplants to his credit, is said to have fled to Canada, about a dozen people have been arrested.
Hair transplant scam: Young men are receiving hair transplants when they are not indicated and not showing any signs of balding. It is unfortunate that many people are preyed upon by surgeons looking to pad their wallets, but you need to be smart about what you’re getting yourself into. Educate yourself and use the tools available online to be able to better understand things. Unnecessary hair grafts worsen the condition. So map out your own hair for miniaturization before taking any step towards surgery.
These are but a small sample of the kind of medical scams that are happening. If you try a phoney medicine or treatment, use a dangerous weight loss technique or take medicine that you buy from an unqualified internet scammer, you could be putting your health at great risk. So BEWARE!
