A
fake doctor has been apprehended after deceiving many patients serving as a
doctor for 20 years without a licence and certificate.
A
quack doctor, who has been practicing for 20 years without a licence and
certificate has been apprehended by the police. He was arrested at Madina, near
Accra in Ghana, where he operated a healthcare facility from a compound house.
According
to Daily Graphic, the fake doctor, who gave his name as Dr Adams Arimeyaw is
believed to be in his mid-50s, was operating the healthcare facility, ‘Covenant
Clinic,” in unhygienic conditions which posed a health risk to his clients.
He
was arrested during a special exercise by the Medical and Dental Council’s
investigative team, with the assistance of the Madina Divisional Police.
It
was gathered that the fake doctor had claimed he was trained in Europe but
could not mention the particular medical school he attended, the country where
it is located and was also inconsistent with the year he graduated.
It
was also revealed that the man also acted as a pharmacist and laboratory
technician. He was found with a large quantity of pregnancy test kits and
hundreds of used and unused syringes and needles in one of the rooms.
Additionally,
it was revealed he boiled water with a kettle on a gas cylinder and used that
as a sterilizer.
Three
cubicles with the inscription ‘recovery room’ had six beds which looked like
delivery beds and four broken-down wheelchairs.
Folders
believed to contain the records of patients who patronised the clinic’s
services were inappropriately kept.
The
Registrar of the Ghana Medical and Dental Council, Dr Eli Kwasi Atikpui,
confirmed the arrest and said the suspect was arrested last Thursday and handed
over to the Accra Regional Police Command.
He
said: “I am amazed people could walk into such a facility to receive health
care,”
Investigation
into the matter is still ongoing.
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