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A 36-year-old man is in police custody in Malindi after being busted allegedly masquerading as a medical doctor. Patients inside a ward in a Nairobi hospital (photo for illustration). Mecha Okechi was found in one of the wards in the Malindi Sub-County Hospital in full medical gear attending to patients. Suspicious staffers in the facility notified the management which took action by contacting the detectives. Upon interrogation, it was established that Okechi did not have any formal training or qualification to practise as a doctor. “We found a con fleecing the unsuspecting members of the public using the hospital name. He was claiming to be a doctor but after interrogation, we learned he was not trained to be a practitioner,” said David Mang’ong’o, the hospital’s superintendent.
by Kai Eli
