An electrician has been discovered among the fake medical doctors operating over 100 hospitals and pharmacies in Kano State who were recently arrested by officials. The unnamed electrician operates an eight-bed hospital that claimed to treat different illnesses. His facility was discovered alongside 129 others during an investigation by a committee inaugurated by Ahmad Tijjani Matata, Chairman, Tudun Wada local council. Among the fake doctors, only one holds a secondary school certificate, according to the committee.
Kano State Government Arrests Electrician Among Fake Doctors Operating Over 100 Hospitals, PharmaciesAmong the fake doctors, only one holds a secondary school certificate, according to the committee.
The unnamed electrician operates an eight-bed hospital that claimed to treat different illnesses. His facility was discovered alongside 129 others during an investigation by a committee inaugurated by Ahmad Tijjani Matata, Chairman, Tudun Wada local council.The chairman of the committee, Abubakar Musa Karafe said the investigation followed a series of complaints received from residents over the proliferation of private hospitals and pharmacies in their various communities.
“It is disheartening that we even found an electrical engineer operating a private hospital and attending to patients; prescribing drugs, administering drips, blood and even attending to pregnant women. One of them even added HIV-positive blood to one woman.
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