Spouse of diplomat among 'fake doctors' under investigation - MDC

The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) has made a damning disclosure about how some individuals seeking approval to practice in Ghana, and claiming to have been trained abroad, are presenting fake documents.

According to the council, four cases are currently under investigation after the detection of these fraudulent activities by such individuals, graphic.com.gh has reported.

Ghana Medical and Dental Council raises alarm on threats to medical practice

Briefing the press on September 5, 2025, the Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council (MDC), Dr Divine Banyubala, disclosed that one of the four cases involves the spouse of a diplomat, who allegedly forged qualifications from institutions in Nigeria and Ireland.

Another case, he said, involves fraudulent documents from Ukraine submitted to the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), while the remaining cases relate to the forgery of permanent certificates and examination results.

“Council’s investigative systems have been able to detect fraudulent activities of some individuals who presented forged documents for purposes of credentialing. Our collaboration with other international regulatory bodies and the vigilance of our investigation team resulted in this achievement.

“Vetting of their documents revealed prima facie evidence of forgery and fraudulent misrepresentation. There were four (4) cases detected,” he was quoted as saying, by graphic.com.gh.

Additionally, Dr Banyubala stated that four individuals pretending to be doctors have been apprehended by the police.

They are Ebenezer Koomson, Innocent Tagbovi, Ebenezer Sarpong, and Kate Baidoo.

Dr Banyubala explained that one of the suspects, Kate Baidoo, was arrested in 2024 for practicing medicine without a license, at the Osag Medical Centre at Nsakina, located in the Ga West Municipality.

She is currently assisting the police with investigations, pending prosecution.

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“During police interrogation, the suspect claimed to have completed physician assistantship training at Radford University and was instructed to submit her certificate for verification, but has failed to do so. She was arrested with the support of officers from the Nsakina Police Station, Greater Accra,” he said.

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