Take a Picture, Catch a Quack

Quack doctors come in all shapes and sizes, but one thing that they all seem to have in common is their penchant advertising. As part of my ongoing open source investigation I have begun to photograph different posters, billboards, and office spaces that seem like they might be offering medical services that just don't pass muster. In the case of the cyclopian child, the hospital report I saw stated that the mother sought treatment at a fertility clinic which prescribed her an unknown drug (which may have been cyclopamine). Whatever the case, an expert on medical ethics and editor of the Monthly Index of Medical Specilaties (MIMS), Dr. Gulhati told me several months that these roadside clinics are likely to be gateways for questionable clinical research. I would like to collect and publish as many photos as possible of quack advertising of improbable medical procedures, back alley sex change operations, miracle cures and all other sorts of medical promises that sane people shouldn't touch with a ten foot poll. Please send photos of posters, clinic fronts, or any other questionable medical establishment from anywhere in the world and in any language to sgcarney@gmail.com. Include a translation if you can. So get out your mobile phones and digital cameras and start snapping pictures to end quackery.

For those of you in Chennai, one poster that I was looking for, but couldn't find today, Vadapalani (sp) that I saw two months back. It said "Got HIV, No problem" that I think would be great to photograph.

The three photos here, one of a "modern clinical lab and ECG" is little more than a garrage with someone dispensing medical advice. The other two posters, one looks like a poster for viagra, and the other is for a fertility clinic that offers a dozen different services.

(I am not sure what the poster on the bottom left says, I would appreciate a translation from anyone who can read tamil)