A fake medical doctor was Monday remanded in custody by the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly performing abortion on women at Kasoa.

Samuel Kwame Kennedy, alias Annan, who is alleged to hold four fake certificates, is said to charge between GH¢30 and GH¢60 to perform an abortion, while he charges an additional GH¢5 as consultation fee.

The accused person, whose clients scream to the hearing of passers-by anytime he is performing an operation, was alleged to have informed investigators that he had once practiced at the Cape Coast General Hospital and later got transferred to the Islamic Community and Ekumfi Islamic clinics, all in the Central Region.

Kennedy was charged with two counts of practising medicine without authority and possessing forged documents. .

His plea was not taken and he will reappear on November 16, 2009.

The facts of the case were that there had been public outcry at the activities of the accused person, who was said to be illegally terminating pregnancies at Kasoa.

At about 7.30 a.m. on October 28, 2009, officials of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) traced Kennedy to his house at Kasoa where he was arrested.

Prosecuting,' Assistant Superintendent of Police A. Annor told the court that the accused person had been practising from his house and a search conducted there revealed quantities of assorted drugs, bottles, unsterilised and rusty needles, rusty drip stands and fake medical certificates.

The alleged fake medical certificates included a certificate of Medical Competence as a Junior Officer which he obtained in February 1987, a certificate of Registration as Qualified Registered Nurse in 1993, a Bachelor of Arts in English certificate from the Ashes University in China which was awarded to him on July 12, 1989, as well as a certificate in Business English.

According to the prosecution, although the accused person claimed his certificates were genuine, he could not produce a licence for practising.

Investigations are ongoing.


Source: Daily Graphic