A ‘fake doctor’ was Monday arrested at the Nakuru Level 5 hospital while administering treatment to several unsuspecting patients.
The ‘fake doctor’ identified as George Mburu aged 33, was arrested as the clinical officer in charge of the hospital Joseph Kiprotich Keriyo was going about his duties.
The man who was only found with his National Identity card was fully dressed as a doctor and had a stethoscope hanging around his neck.
It is said that he had been operating at the outpatient department for the past one week calling himself Jenarius Njuguna.
He added the ‘fake doctor’ is suspected to have been collecting money from unsuspecting patients.
Mburu told journalists he was working on a voluntary basis.
He also added that he studied at Tracom College in Nakuru where he undertook a course in medicine.
Police arrived at the hospital and took Mburu to Central police station in Nakuru for questioning.
According to the hospital, they are trying to establish how many patients received his ‘services’.
George Mburu aged 33, has been arrested at the Nakuru level five hospital this Monday morning 13th June 2016 for claiming to be a doctor. He was arrested while administering treatment to several unsuspecting patients. The clinical officer in charge of the hospital Joseph Kiprotich Keriyo has said that the ‘fake doctor’ was arrested after they got several complains of a man asking for money in order to fill their p3 forms)