.A man in Malindi has been arrested by Detectives for masquerading as Medical doctor and deceiving unsuspecting locals
.Staffs at the hospital saw him and alerted the Security personels who respond first and the culprit was arrested
.Dr.David the Medical officers told the public that they should report any suspicious behaviour when approaching medical staffs at the facility.
A man in Malindi has been arrested by Detectives for masquerading as Medical doctor and deceiving unsuspecting locals.
Wycliffe Okechi Mecha was apprehended by DCI detectives at Malindi sub-county hospital where he was purportedly tending to patients and soliciting money from them and their relatives.
Dr. David Mang’ong’o who is the Medical Officer at Malindi sub county hospital said that staffs at the hospital started being concern when they saw Okech dressed in lab coat and attending to sick persons without staff cards.
Staffs at the hospital saw him and alerted the Security personels who respond first and the culprit was arrested.
“When we interrogated him, the man failed to produce documents to prove that he was a practicing medical doctor and we called DCI sleuths who arrested him,” Mang’ong’o said.
Dr.David the Medical officers told the public that they should report any suspicious behaviour when approaching medical staffs at the facility.
Additionally,He stated that all new staff will receive staff cards to facilitate easy identification.
Also Hospital Administrator Said Omar Ali emphasized that all payments for services rendered at the hospital should be made electronically, urging patients and their relatives to utilize the Paybill number provided by the hospital management for this purpose.
A local preacher, Rev. John Leiyo of the New Covenant Ministries, further told Citizen Digital that Mecha, who he claims joined his church recently, duped three of his relatives with the promise of fake jobs before he was unearthed.
“When he came to the church, he introduced himself as a medical doctor working at the Malindi sub-county hospital and that he was also a Gospel singer and we allowed him to join the praise and worship team,” Rev. Leiyo said.
