Police Authorities Arrest Alleged Fake Doctor in Manila

Manila Police District Station 7 Arrests Alleged Fake Doctor in Manila

The Manila Police District Station 7 arrested an alleged fake doctor in Manila after clinic owner informed police authorities.

The police authorities arrested a 34-year-old man identified as Omar Moharin for pretending as a medical practitioner. The cops recovered a lab coat with the suspect’s name and logos of two hospitals in Metro Manila.

According to Tayuman Police Community Precinct chief Police Major Johnny Boy Itcap, Moharin has been hired after the clinic conduct an online application for medical employees. The suspect submitted the requirement and falsified several documents.

Alleged Fake Doctor

The fake doctor even give a medical prescription to two patients who have a medical consultation. He prescribed antibiotics and medicine for heart illness.

The partner of the clinic owner noticed Moharin’s suspicious action during his first day at the clinic. She decided to verify the suspect’s name at Professional Regulation Commission or PRC but failed to find it.

The man who pretended as a medical practitioner presents the necessary documents to the authorities but the police officers discovered that it were all fake.

Moharin is a medicine graduate but failed to pass the board examination prompting to transfer from one clinic to another for practicing medicine without a license, according to Tayuman police.

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The suspect admitted that he is not a real doctor but he refused to give a statement. He will face charges for violating the Medical Act of 1959, estafa, and falsification of documents.

Alleged Fake Doctor

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