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EWN reports that a suspected bogus doctor and her assistant were scheduled to appear in court on Monday in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape.
They were arrested for allegedly practicing without a licence. Hawks officers, along with officials from the Health Department, took the pair into custody. They will be charged with fraud, theft and contravening the Medicines Act. It is alleged that as from September last year, the woman had been practicing as a doctor, dispensing medication and writing sick notes. The Hawks' Bonnie Nxumalo said that the two were nabbed after undercover officials visited her surgery for a consultation. "It was discovered that she was practicing without a licence and she wasn't registered with the HPCSA. Police recovered medication and needles worth an estimated street value of more than R700,000," Nxumalo reported.
- Read the original of the report in the above regard by Shamiela Fisher at EWN
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