Two individuals who posed as healthcare professionals at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have been convicted by the Asokwa Circuit Court in Kumasi and fined GH¢12,000 each after pleading guilty to charges including impersonation, forgery, and practising medicine without authorisation.
The convicts, 33-year-old Evelyn Atta Amankwah, a private nurse from Brofoyedru, and 22-year-old Collins Agyemang, a student nurse, were arrested after they allegedly masqueraded as KATH staff and offered unauthorised medical services to unsuspecting members of the public.
According to the prosecution, the scheme began in June 2024 when Evelyn allegedly paid GH¢200 to a printing press operator at Asuase in Kumasi to produce fake Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital identification cards.
The forged cards falsely identified Evelyn as a disease control officer and Collins as an enrolled nurse.
Investigators said the pair used the counterfeit IDs to visit shops and business premises in the Asokwa Municipality, where they introduced themselves as public health officers from KATH.
Believing they were genuine healthcare workers, traders and residents reportedly accepted medical advice, vaccines, medicines and other health-related services from the suspects.
Their activities came to light after a legitimate public health officer at KATH became suspicious of their operations and alerted the hospital’s security department.
The hospital’s security personnel apprehended the suspects and handed them over to the police for further investigations.
During the investigation, police recovered the fake KATH identification cards, vaccines and several medicines believed to have been used in the illegal operation. The two suspects reportedly admitted to the offences in their caution statements.
They were subsequently charged with conspiracy to commit forgery, forgery of documents and practising medicine without registration, contrary to provisions of Ghana’s Criminal Offences Act and the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act.
Appearing before Her Honour Vida Agyapong at the Asokwa Circuit Court Two, the accused persons pleaded guilty with explanation and were convicted on their own plea. The court imposed a fine of 1,000 penalty units, equivalent to GH¢12,000, on each of them.
