MEC promises stricter screening when hiring after another 'fake doctor' bust

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The KwaZulu-Natal department of health has called on its hospitals to enforce stricter screening process when taking on staff, after a second bogus medical worker was arrested on Monday.

The KZN health department says it will review its internal processes after a 24-year-old man was arrested in Babanango, northern KZN, on Monday morning for posing as a doctor.The KwaZulu-Natal department of health has called on its hospitals to enforce stricter screening when taking on medical staff, after a second bogus medical worker was arrested in the province on Monday.

“According to hospital management, he never worked without supervision, and was also not allowed to prescribe medication. The 24-year-old man, who has been charged with fraud, was arrested after police received a complaint about his alleged disappearance with R40,000 that he had borrowed from various Nkonjeni hospital staffers,” said the department.

 

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