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The recently caught bogus Doctor at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals Admire Chisi, appeared before Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga on Thursday charged with impersonating a public official and fraud.
Chisi (25) is being charged of attending to patients ,writing medical affidavits and prescriptions for seven months at the hospital without a practising certificate.
The matter came to light on Wednesday, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals confirmed the fake doctor and that they had handed him over to the police.
In a statement the Central Hospital said , “ On October 20 2020, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals discovered that the Accident and Emergency Department had been infiltrated by a fake medical doctor who posed as a physician registrar.”
“The matter was discovered after our vigilant casualty staff doubted his medical proficiency and made some inquiries. The suspect has been handed over to the police who are now handling the matter.”
His case is however reported not to be the first in the country.
Zimbabwe Medical and Dental Practitioners Council (ZMDPC) president Dr Francis Chirowa revealed that the Parirenyatwa case is the third one as there was a similar case at Harare Hospital in the 1980s and then another man practised illegally at Mpilo, UBH and in Mberengwa.
n the 1980s we had a similar case at Harare Hospital (now Sally Mugabe Hospital) where someone masqueraded as a doctor.
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