A MEDICAL doctor from Bulawayo was arrested for allegedly practicing without a valid licence from the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe.
Emmanuel Mucheni (36) of New Parklands suburb allegedly
attended to and issued a prescription to Mr Chenjerai Kudzurunga at 8th Avenue
Emergency Clinic without a valid practising certificate.
Mr Kudzurunga took the prescription to Medi Health Pharmacy
located along Joshua Nkomo Street before he tendered it to the pharmacist, Mr
Azeem Gaibi, intending to purchase the prescribed medicine.
Mr Gaibi discovered that the prescription was issued by
Mucheni and made a police report leading to his arrest.
The medical practitioner pleaded not guilty to one count of
defying the Health Professions Act before Ms Rachel Mukanga and was remanded
out of custody to April 12.
Prosecuting, Mr Terrence Chakabuda said on February 18,
2021 detectives from CID Drugs and Narcotics in Bulawayo received a tip-off
indicating that Mucheni was discharging medical duties without a valid
certificate. Chronicle
0 comments:
Post a Comment