Process against false doctor Many years patients undergo surgery

Medical approval fooled: wrong doctor is in court
In Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, there is a man in court who has operated on patients in a hospital for years. He is said to have obtained a medical certificate with a fake State Examination Certificate. The wrong doctor is accused of personal injury and forgery.

Wrong doctor is in court
In Düren (North Rhine-Westphalia) is a false doctor in court, who had spent years apparently as a surgeon and operated in this period many patients in a hospital. According to press reports, patients confided to the man and put him under the knife. It is said that the doctor who was not a man was spotted last year when a colleague was interested in the doctoral thesis and had not found anything on the internet. According to the prosecution, the consent of the deceived patients to the operation was ineffective.

In Düren there is a man in court who seems to have operated patients for years without being a doctor. He is accused of personal injury and forgery. (Image: Herrndorff / fotolia.com)

Injury in over 300 cases
The now 41-year-old man is therefore charged with personal injury in more than 300 cases and document forgery. With a fake state exam certificate he is said to have gained the doctor's license after he had missed two degrees in the study. According to the information, however, he had undergone the theoretical and practical training as a doctor. In recent years, various cases have become known in which persons worked as physicians, even though they were none. For example, last July in Regensburg, a fake cosmetic surgeon was brought to justice who had performed dozens of cosmetic surgeries without being a doctor. The judges found him guilty at the time; he has to go to jail for four years. (Ad)