Suakoko District, Bong County – Police in Sergeant Kollie Town (SKT), Bong County have arrested a man who was masquerading as a doctor at Phebe Hospital.
Security officials at the hospital Saturday questioned the man and discovered he was not a qualified doctor.
They notified officers at the Sergeant Kollie Town LNP depot, who arrested the suspect identified as Robert Kollie, 42.
The suspect, who has been working at the hospital for the last eight months, told Police officers that he dropped out of school in Standard Seven.
“During preliminary investigations, the suspect told us he applied for a job at the hospital and he was accepted through the Human resource department,” a Police officer hinted FrontPageAfrica Tuesday.
“The suspect has told us he did not handle any serious medical case at the facility.”
“He has mostly been treating patients with minor ailments at the children’s ward,” said the Police officer.
He confirmed that the administrator, who allegedly allowed the man to work at the hospital, is being interrogated.
“We are interrogating the said administrator to establish if he played any role in the incident,” said the Police officer.
The hospital’s human resource officer, Jerry Walker, said he had been tracking the suspect for a week.
“I had noticed his movements, mannerisms and utterances were not consistent with other members of the medical profession.”
“We arrested him just as he was about to attend to patients at the emergency unit,” said Walker.
Staff at the hospital said the man presented himself as a medical student from the Phebe Para medical school.
“We knew him as a medical student because he was always in the white doctor’s coat and socialized with students from the Phebe School of Nursing,” said a clinical officer.
The hospital’s chief executive Dr. Jefferson Sibley said no one was suspicious of the man as he acted like a medic.
“My staff have always seen the suspect dressed as a medic and did not suspect him of being an imposter,” said Dr. Sibley.
Dr. Sibley said the facility has a large number of medical staff, and there was a real possibility of the imposter slipping into their ranks unnoticed.
The Police officer said the suspect was found with pictures of himself in Police uniform.
“We have found pictures of the suspect in prison warder uniform.”
“He told us he befriended a prison officer at the Gbarnga Central Prison and convinced him to allow him to take the photos while wearing the uniforms,” Police said.
He said the suspect will be arraigned in court once investigation is completed.
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