Court grants physician assistant GHC50k bail for running unlicensed Clinic in Accra
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Sarpong, a trained Physician Assistant from a private university, allegedly operated a facility known as Good Care Medical Centre, where he attended to patients and collected payment for services without authorisation.
A 41-year-old businessman, Ebenezer Sarpong, has been charged by the Ghana Medical and Dental Council (GMDC) for impersonating a medical doctor and illegally practising medicine and dentistry at Swalaba, near Bukom in Accra.
Sarpong, a trained Physician Assistant from a private university, allegedly operated a facility known as Good Care Medical Centre, where he attended to patients and collected payment for services without authorisation.
He faces multiple charges, including:
Falsely using the title “Dr.”
Practising medicine or dentistry without registration
Receiving payment for unlawful medical practice
Sarpong pleaded not guilty to all charges when he appeared before the Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs. Susana Eduful.
The court granted him bail of GH¢50,000 with two sureties, each to be justified with landed property. The case has been adjourned to December 10, 2025.
According to the prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Jonas Lawer, the GMDC received intelligence that Sarpong was posing as a doctor and running a medical facility without a valid license.
On August 14, 2025, officials from the Council conducted an undercover operation at the clinic and allegedly found Sarpong consulting patients, some of whom were on admission.
The matter was reported to the Accra Regional Police Command four days later, leading to his arrest.
During interrogation, Sarpong reportedly admitted to being a Physician Assistant but confessed he had no valid license to practise medicine.
Further investigations confirmed that Sarpong had been using the title “Dr.” and receiving payments for medical services, in violation of the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act, 2013 (Act 857).
The Medical and Dental Council has since urged the public to verify the credentials of all medical practitioners before seeking treatment, warning that impersonation within the health sector remains a serious offence punishable by law.
