Wrong doctor practiced and is in court

Wrong doctor practiced and is in court

In Aschaffenburg, today a qualified chiropodist from the Miltenberg area has to answer to the regional court. The accused had spent several months as a doctor, until finally the fraud flew. The prosecution accuses the 56-year-old man that he had pretended to be a doctor with approbation and treated ignorant patients. In a total of 1936 cases, the man was guilty of dangerous personal injury, in 110 cases, the defendant is accused of having cheated those affected. The illegal actions resulted in a financial loss of around 122,000 euros, according to a spokesman for the Aschaffenburg public prosecutor's office.

Blood taken and syringes set
According to initial information from the police, the man in the federal states of Thuringia, Baden-Württemberg and the Bavarian Franks as a doctor of medicine (Dr. med.) Spent and treated as an alleged doctor ignorant patients In addition, the defendant since the year 2008 drugs to patients prescribed that were prescription. In more than 100 cases, the fake doctor took the unsuspecting human blood and then issued private medical bills for treatment and consultation. In more than 1,800 cases, the defendant also injected with a syringe. Fortunately, no one suffered serious harm to health from these supposed treatments.

Wrong physician not an isolated case
Again and again it happens that people spend themselves as doctors. The last known case was Christian E. This had even managed to work for some years as a presumed physician for vascular, thoracic and visceral surgery in a clinic. The wrong doctor even attested to surgery and participated in organ transplants and rescue flights of the ADAC. Only an anonymous hint could stop the young man at that time. Christian E. was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for fraud, forgery of documents and abuse of doctoral degrees. A similar verdict could also blossom the man from Aschaffenburg, as far as he can prove the charge. (sb, 11.11.2010)