Dubai: Egyptian authorities have arrested a man accused of impersonating a doctor for 34 years, using forged medical qualifications and a fake professional registration number to treat patients and prescribe medication at charitable clinics across two governorates.
The suspect, who allegedly posed as a consultant in internal medicine despite having no medical qualifications, was arrested at a medical facility in Damira village in Dakahlia Governorate, according to Egyptian media reports.
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A court in Talkha, Dakahlia Governorate, ordered his detention extended for 15 days pending investigations into allegations of document forgery, impersonating a medical professional and practising medicine without the required qualifications or licences.
Investigations revealed that the man had allegedly been treating patients since 1992, moving between small charitable medical centres and clinics in Dakahlia and neighbouring Gharbia Governorate.
He reportedly used forged documents claiming he had obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree in 1992, alongside a professional registration number belonging to another doctor.
Suspicious prescriptions expose deception
The case came to light after Dr Raafat Al Zankarani, a professor at Mansoura University's Faculty of Medicine, became suspicious of prescriptions brought to his clinic by several patients.
The prescriptions contained combinations of medications and multiple pain-relieving injections, prompting him to question the…
