S'African police arrest 7 Nigerian 'bogus doctor's
Seven doctors from Nigeria, some of whom were said to be 'consulting quacks' while others that were qualified allegedly employed people without the right qualifications, have been arrested by South African police at hospitals and consulting rooms in five provinces.
The seven were arrested in Hawks' raids in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape, spokesman McIntosh Polela said in a statement.
Polela said, "One of the raids took place at Matlala hospital in Limpopo, where a qualified doctor was arrested. This doctor also owns three practices where he allegedly employs bogus doctors who make use of his name and practice number."
"Another qualified doctor was arrested in Pretoria. He also owns three practices in which he too employs bogus doctors using his name and practice number."
According to the statement, a man posing as a doctor was arrested at B J Vorster Hospital in the Eastern Cape.
"The Hawks are baffled as to how he managed to secure himself a job at a government hospital.
"We can only speculate how many people have entrusted their lives to these people believing that they were consulting doctors when in actual fact they are consulting quacks," Polela said.
The seven would face charges of corruption, fraud, indecent assault and impersonating doctors.
Seven doctors from Nigeria, some of whom were said to be 'consulting quacks' while others that were qualified allegedly employed people without the right qualifications, have been arrested by South African police at hospitals and consulting rooms in five provinces.
The seven were arrested in Hawks' raids in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape, spokesman McIntosh Polela said in a statement.
Polela said, "One of the raids took place at Matlala hospital in Limpopo, where a qualified doctor was arrested. This doctor also owns three practices where he allegedly employs bogus doctors who make use of his name and practice number."
"Another qualified doctor was arrested in Pretoria. He also owns three practices in which he too employs bogus doctors using his name and practice number."
According to the statement, a man posing as a doctor was arrested at B J Vorster Hospital in the Eastern Cape.
"The Hawks are baffled as to how he managed to secure himself a job at a government hospital.
"We can only speculate how many people have entrusted their lives to these people believing that they were consulting doctors when in actual fact they are consulting quacks," Polela said.
The seven would face charges of corruption, fraud, indecent assault and impersonating doctors.
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