Food and pharmaceutical authorities of the Volta region carry out a fake doctor in Peki: Ewe Ghana The Regional Directorate of the Volta Foo...
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| Food and pharmaceutical authorities of the Volta region carry out a fake doctor in Peki: Ewe Ghana |
The Regional Directorate of the Volta Food and Drug Authority (FDA) arrested a 77-year-old man for posing as a doctor in Peki, South Dayi District, Volta Region.
The suspect, Harrison Amoatwor, was arrested on November 8th this year by officials from the agency working with the drug control unit of the Volta Regional Police in Peki. Gordon Akurugu, the FDA's regional director of Volta, said at a press conference that management had received information about the suspect's activities in and around Peki and had alerted the drug control unit of the Volta Regional Police Command.
He said that a police investigation led to the arrest of the suspect around 10 p.m. and that he is currently in police custody pending further investigations and prosecutions. Akurugu said the suspect's activities violated the provisions of the 2012 Public Health Act because the suspect was not licensed to operate a health center or manufacture medicines. Ewe Ghana found out.
Some items recovered from the suspect during the operation were Rapha Capsules, Rapha Pills, Rapha Ointment, Rapha Powder, Rapha BP / Asthma Killer, Rapha Hepatitis Killer, Rapha Diabetes Killer. The rest are: Rapha infection killer, Rapha myoma expeller, price list, diary, birth register, blood pressure monitor, black Cobra eyelashes, unlabeled ointment and unlabeled powder.
The director said the suspect's forged documents describing his professional profile during the arrest suggest that the suspect was born on July 11, 1944 in Dambai, Oti region and is currently the director of Jehovah Rapha Medical Center in Koforidua in the east is region.
According to the document, the suspect attended Dambai Teacher Training School, completed his medical training at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, then went to Spain to continue his medical and pharmacology studies and did his national service at La Poly Clinic and was post-duty set.
The document states that the suspect was transferred first to Assin Fosu Government Hospital in the central region, then to Takoradi and Koforidua, and finally to Oda Government Hospital. Akurugu said that during the interrogation, the suspect confessed that the document was false and that he did not have such professional medical training.
He said the FDA is doing everything it can to ensure public health and safety are not endangered by these charlatans in the system. Akurugu urged the public to be careful with their lives and avoid buying drugs from people who come to them with drugs or items for treatment and diagnosis.
He congratulated the Regional Police Command on their support and indicated that his team will continue to work with them to deal with such charlatans.
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