Accused of wrong doctor should have treated passengers on cruise ship

Nurse treats vacationers and crew members
A nurse from Berlin is said to have spent years as a doctor and treated on a cruise ship dozens of passengers and crew members. This reports the news agency "dpa", citing the press secretary of the Berlin criminal courts. Accordingly, the man was accused, inter alia, various cases of personal injury, fraud and forgery. Now, the prosecutor in Berlin has brought charges against the 40-year-old.

Supplied dozens of patients on the high seas
On a cruise ship, a wrong doctor may have practiced for years. The 40-year-old from Berlin is accused of having treated in the period from June 2014 to November 2015 as a supposed ship's doctor dozens of passengers and crew members, the information of the "dpa". Now the prosecution has accused the trained nurse, who is currently in custody, according to the authority.

The prosecutor in Berlin accuses a trained nurse to have worked as a doctor on a cruise ship. (Image: Andrey Popov / fotolia.com)

Charge for more than 80 acts
As the court spokeswoman Lisa Jani reported accordingly on Tuesday, the alleged fraudster is indicted for 81 acts, in 63 cases alone because of personal injury. In addition, the man would be accused of fraud, document falsification and the unauthorized conduct of an academic degree, the information of the press officer. For his "treatments" on board the wrong doctor should have received monthly 7500 Euro salary from a shipping company.

Again and again cases with false doctors
The story of the 40-year-old Berliner, however, is not an isolated phenomenon. Again and again cases are known in which lay people appear as physicians and treat patients. For example, a man from Saxony-Anhalt was remanded in custody in 2014 after it was revealed that he had presented himself in Lower Saxony as a presumed physician. In the US, even a teenager was able to pose as a doctor and deceive employees and the security staff of a Florida hospital. The teenager "worked" dressed as a doctor for weeks in the clinic, until he was finally unmasked by a colleague. (No)