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The Citizen reports that a woman who posed as a doctor will soon appear in court after she was caught trying to solicit a bribe from a patient at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Johannesburg.
A statement from the Gauteng Department of Health indicated: “A person impersonating a medical doctor was nabbed at [the hospital] on Sunday night (25 February) after they demanded that an escort to a patient pay R700 for the ‘doctor’ to assist the patient. The member of the public became suspicious when the bogus doctor who was wearing green scrubs with the name ‘Dr Zulu’ imprinted on the uniform, advised her to meet at the pedestrian gate where the said payment was to be made. The escort notified the security personnel who eventually apprehended the bogus doctor at the hospital’s pedestrian gate.” When the woman was asked to produce her Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) registration number and a Persal number by the security and facility management, she was unable to do so. The hospital opened a case at Diepkloof Police Station. The bogus doctor spent a night in custody and was due to appear at the Orlando Magistrate’s Court on Monday afternoon.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nicholas Zaal at The Citizen
- See too, Fake doctor nabbed for soliciting R700 bribe at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, at The Star
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