A high school dropout is facing criminal charges for
consulting and treating patients after she convinced five KwaZulu-Natal
hospitals and clinics she was a medical intern.
The Sunday Times can reveal that 23-year-old Nokwanda
Ndlovu, who claimed to be a Wits University medical student, moved from
facility to facility, where she wrote prescriptions, took vital signs and even
stitched up patients' wounds between November 2017 and December 2019...
The department of health in KwaZulu-Natal has confirmed
that it is investigating allegations of a “bogus” medical student who worked at
hospitals across the province.
“I must also indicate that we are conducting our own
investigation within the department and as soon as we are able to speak to the
matter, we will do so,” MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu said on Sunday.
Police confirmed that she was charged with fraud and is
currently out on bail after her first court appearance.
Simelane-Zulu did not go into details.
“We might not be able to give details because this matter
is in court, when the matter is sub judice you must tread very carefully.”
However the MEC said that “there is certainly a case that
has been opened, a criminal case that has been opened against this Ndlovu
lady”.
Simelane-Zulu however denied that Ndlovu had duped the
department for years, posing as a doctor for years saying this was not
possible.
“During the holidays, student doctors are given an
opportunity to work in facilities and management must be able to follow up and
ensure that they have got the right information from the medical schools that
they come from. This lady moved around some of our facilities, it is alleged,
during that particular time posing as if she is a medical doctor,” she
explained.
The MEC added that matter is currently being investigated
and as soon as the courts have ruled on it, the department will then be able to
speak on it. Times
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