A 32-year-old man has been arrested for impersonating a medical doctor at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the Ashanti Region.
The suspect, Prince Agyapong, was busted by the management of the Tafo Government Hospital.
Agyapong was arrested after he brought an elderly patient to the hospital, claiming to be their caregiver from KATH.
Hospital staff grew suspicious, prompting an investigation that led to Agyapong’s arrest when he failed to provide satisfactory answers about his identity and employment.
Upon further interrogation, Agyapong admitted he was not a doctor at KATH.
Police discovered medical equipment in his possession, including a sphygmomanometer and syringes.
He has since been charged with defrauding by false pretense and falsely practicing medicine.
He pleaded not guilty when he appeared before the Kumasi Circuit Court.
The prosecution requested Agyapong’s remand for further investigation.
The court granted the request, and Agyapong is set to appear again on February 27, 2024.
The businessman, Daniel Yartey, aka Doctor, had allegedly given injections to some clients although he confessed that he was neither licensed nor registered to practice medicine.
The prosecution said some of the patients he treated later developed complications.
Yartey was charged for willfully and falsely using the title doctor, practicing medicine without registering with the Ghana Medical and Dental Council, and receiving payment for the practice of medicine without being registered.
A similar incident happened in Koforidua in the Eastern Region. A 32-year-old man, Derrick Frimpong, paraded himself as a medical doctor and robbed unsuspecting persons, of their money, phones and laptops.