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Fake doctor in police grips
Aflao, Sept. 29 GNA -Richard Brown Afful 27, who posed as a
medical practitioner, trained at the University of Ghana
Medical School, has been arrested by the Police at Aflao.
Afful, native of Apam, in the Central Region, operated under
the name; Dr. Richard D. Manneh, with two second class upper
certificates, one issued on July 27, 2001 qualifying him in
medicine.
The second certificate; that of a surgeon was dated July 20,
2004.
Mr. Ahmed Yakubu, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)
in charge of Aflao Police told the Ghana New Agency that the
suspect used those documents to secure a job with an Aflao
Hospital about three weeks ago as a medical practitioner.
He said the hospital management only a few days after
employing him doubted the professional proficiency of Afful
and sought verification from the University of Ghana Medical
School.
Mr. Yakubu said this led to the revelation that the
suspect's registration number as a doctor belonged to a
graduate of the medical school, Dr. Richard Kwame Mannah who
passed out on September 15, 2006 and was currently doing his
Housemanship at the Korlebu Teaching Hospital.
He said upon his arrest the suspect gave his real name and
admitted the certificates were forged for him by a man he
said now lives in the United Kingdom but whose name he could
not recollect.
Mr. Yakubu said the suspect told the Police that he was
looking for employment to raise funds to enable him begin an
educational programme in fulfillment of his dream of
becoming a medical doctor.
He said the suspect would be charged for impersonation,
false assumption of professional title and forgery.
GNA
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