77-year-old arrested for illegal medical practice

A 77-YEAR-old man, Harrison Amoatwor, who allegedly posed as a medical doctor, has been arrested at Peki-Avetile and placed in police custody.  

The suspect is said to have for years earned a living from fake medical practice. He was grabbed by a joint team of Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Drugs Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service, following a tip-off.

Volta Regional Head of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Mr Gorden Akurugu, disclosed that the suspect had no licence to operate a health facility, and for decades, has been carrying out diagnosis and administering drugs to clients.  

The FDA said that items retrieved from the suspect, included pills, unlabelled ointments, a blood pressure monitor, hepatitis and asthma medications, and a fibroid expeller.  

The suspect is also said to have described himself as Director of the Jehovah Rapha Medical Centre, in Koforidua.

The team also said they retrieved a fake profile from the suspect in which he claimed that he studied medicine at University of Ibadan, Nigeria, after completing Dambai Teacher Training College, in the Oti Region.  

The suspect is also said to have made claims of taking further studies in medicine and pharmacology in Spain.

Mr Akurugu said the suspect also claimed he was later posted to the AssinFosu Government Hospital before he was transferred to the Takoradi Regional Hospital.  

The FDA Regional Head said that the suspect would be processed for court.