Seven bogus doctors from Nigeria have been arrested at hospitals and consulting rooms in five provinces, the Hawks say.
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Bogus doctors nabbed

The seven were arrested in Hawks’ raids in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape, spokesman McIntosh Polela said in a statement.

“One of the raids took place at Matlala hospital in Limpopo, where a qualified doctor was arrested. This doctor also owns three practices where he allegedly employs bogus doctors who make use of his name and practice number,” Polela said.

“Another qualified doctor was arrested in Pretoria. He also owns three practices in which he too employs bogus doctors using his name and practice number,” he said.

A man posing as a doctor was arrested at B J Vorster Hospital in the Eastern Cape. He did not have qualifications.

“The Hawks are baffled as to how he managed to secure himself a job at a government hospital,” said Polela.

“We can only speculate how many people have entrusted their lives to these people believing that they were consulting doctors when in actual fact they are consulting quacks.”

The seven would face charges of corruption, fraud, indecent assault and impersonating doctors.

Feed them to Lions! Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 01:39:17 PM
the corruptions

Believe it or not, 1 of these scum doctors is none other than our own mr hospital supply ANC-new-apartheid-regime slowpoke.


Good afternoon ladies & Gents Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 01:42:50 PM
teargas

ahem, where's our proud Nigerian on this forum? or was he also arrested carrying a bright
red plastic stethoscope? Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 01:43:56 PM
Biko Lives

Last time I saw Wikus v/d Merwe he was with the A-Team! We definately need his input to remove these prawns from our society! Ethnic cleansing of Nigerians is justified in this
country! Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 01:44:19 PM
crackerr

Hint.
Go check those dispensing medicines in pharmacies. Something peculiar there. Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 01:45:56 PM
ELETHU

Dig deeper, Hawks. You'll uncover a number of seasoned bogus 'doctors' who 'graduated' at the former University of Durban Westville.

Some have retired comfortably having screwed and in the same vein, miraculously cured Report Abuse
thousands of black patients.
Feb 9 2011 01:47:42 PM
Mzungu

what about the Quacks impersonating politicians?

don't arrest all of them, otherwise we don't have a government anymore, but that would
actually be a good thing, will stop the Looting. Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 01:49:11 PM
rod4africa


No more ducking and diving for them then? Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 01:52:02 PM
amaKK

Despicable!

But before we go baying for their blood, lets not forget - SAffers enabled them. Who are they and will they get arrested as well?

We cannot keep blaming foreigners for all that ails us. We need to protect our own country and not sell out birthright for short-term gains (bribes).


Feb 9 2011 01:56:31 PM
Brown Shugga

the name "Nigerian" just makes them want to commit fraud, steal, peddle drugs, love-vendor
women, traffic humans etc. Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 01:57:55 PM
African Revolution

How do they get to practice

But we should probaly welcome them, they could make ome good DOSH here, and cure
some AIDS, 
Feb 9 2011 02:00:10 PM
African Revolution

We also have a number of PRANKSTERS with high positiions who claim that they are not
herdboys,  Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 02:00:37 PM
Scarface


Hand them over to Dr Death himself Wouter Basson. Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 02:01:30 PM
Cleo


Only in South Africa! Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 02:05:37 PM
the corruptions

The Hawks are baffled as to how he managed to secure himself a job at a government hospital,�
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we demand an explanation from the Gov now!! Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 02:05:49 PM
Jeedo

They are selling drugs and parading their long d*cks in Yeoville, Berea, Kempton Park, Sunnyside etc. now this? I am not surprised, they are horrible, greedy and hungry. In Nigeria corruption is a way of life which is neither legal nor illegal. Our Xhosa sisters still fall for them, no wonder if you can date the one who has been with a Nigerian you can't feel the walls of Report Abuse
their poonani. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 02:05:52 PM
Brown Shugga

“The Hawks are baffled as to how he managed to secure himself a job at a government hospital,� said Polela
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why be baffled?

Isn't it obvious that he probably bribed some corrupt civil servants? or the civil servants are so Report Abuse
incompetent that they couldn't verify the authenticity of the nigerian criminal's credentials Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 02:16:05 PM
mjs

Its unfair because even genuine doctors in the townships are acting
bogus.For example,fake sick certificates (favourite are makula doctors),using medical aids for girlfriends,mistresses and friends(favourite amongst the coconuts in expensive cars),using medical aids for cash loans,groceries (a favourtie amongst SAPS and metrocops),
using medical aids for gold fillings
(a favourite amongst cheaters with their mistresses and sugar daddys)

, etc Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 02:16:27 PM
kool koosta

Nigerians are scum of the earth how come a single nations people can be so despised the Report Abuse
world over. Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 02:16:36 PM
Mtambanana

I had a relative working with a Nigerian doctor who was employed in a Government hospital even though his two degree certificates from two Universities were ten years apart and were signed by the same Vice Chancellor. And it even appeared that the same pen was used each time. But no checks were made with the Nigerian Universities in question to confirm these qualifications. In another case a Zimbabwean pharmacist had a degree from the University of Bulawayo when there was no such University. I think the deployed HR cadres whose duty it Report Abuse
was to check on these claimed qualifications need a move, or a shove. Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 02:50:49 PM
Khomotso from Attridgeville

Feb 9 2011 01:52:02 PM
amaKK

But before we go baying for their blood, lets not forget - SAffers enabled them. Who are they and will they get arrested as well?

We cannot keep blaming foreigners for all that ails us. We need to protect our own country and not sell out birthright for short-term gains (bribes).
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First time in my engagement on this forum, I have to agree with you, and it's not easy for me because I regard you as one of the A-grade fools on this forum. But you are right on this one.

South Africans open their wallets and in most cases, their legs, to legalize the crooks that are roaming around in our streets, and then complain about the same people whom they legalized as authentic South Africans. They are the ones that are selling fake MBChb's and again register them at the HPCSA as qualified doctors.

Public servants are to blame for all the foreigners that are invading every open space that's available in SA. We are sometimes disgusting as a nation, we should be ashamed of ourselves for lack of pride and decency.




Feb 9 2011 03:45:39 PM
Trailblazer777

We're already sold out to the foreigners. This is only a tiny minority of these bogus doctors. Not only Nigerians but Pakistanis as well.
The hawks will find the real culprits, who had these doctors employed in the health dept
These foreigners(Nigerians and Pakistanis) are a menace to SA as they're only up to criminal activities.

Feb 9 2011 05:13:20 PM
Koning

Good work Hawks.Nice job guys.
This Nigerians are seriously testing our patience by playing greedy games with our peoples lives day in day out.Deport and ban the scum back to Nigeria after sentence and go get the Report Abuse
rest.There are still more in the country. Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 07:14:38 PM
zondi

The Nigger-ganian dna is fatally flawed, from the usa to the caribbean islands to the vermin that occupy our land.
Report Abuse
deport the lot and you will see a drastic reduction in crime. Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 08:29:12 PM
Ilithios


Quacks? Stuff them and roast slowly and serve with orange sauce. Report Abuse
Feb 9 2011 10:52:17 PM
Snowdrops

I cannot believe the vile hatred for Nigerians in here. Even Aldolf Hitler would be overwhelmed. The same south Africa that Nigeria and fellow black African nations rescued from the whips of the White man! Seriously is this what years of apartheid poverty illiteracy and HIV/AIDS does to the human brain. Shame of u all. To compare most here to sewer rats would be an insult to Report Abuse
the sewer rat. Report Abuse
Feb 10 2011 08:26:34 AM
Gramsci

Where's the news?
News is defined as a change in the state of things, something out of the ordinary, and the like.

A headline like "Nigerians arrested", if it was news, would be about something like for doing legitimate charity work.


But for Nigerians committing a crime, its just not news