FAKE DOCTOR ARRESTED (SEPT 21, PAGE 44)

The police in Kumasi have arrested a 28-year-old man who allegedly posed as a specialist at the Chest Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
It was the vigilance of a medical student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) which led to the arrest of the suspect, who was identified as Paul Sango.
Six laboratory overalls, a rubber stamp describing his status as a proficient medical officer at the Chest Department of the KATH and a stethoscope were retrieved from his room at Sokoban moments after his arrest last Tuesday.
The Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Mohammed Yusif Tanko, who briefed the Daily Graphic on the arrest, said the police had initiated investigations into the case and would soon arraign the suspect.
He said prior to the arrest of the suspect, two ladies had booked appointment with him and had gone to the KNUST Hostel, where he had asked them to meet him.
He said the security man on duty who wanted to be of help to the two ladies went round looking for the said Dr Paul Sango, but all his efforts proved futile.
He said the security man therefore sought assistance from the president of the hostel to also help to trace the said medical officer.
Chief Inspector Tanko said not long afterwards, the suspect appeared on the scene and was immediately identified by the ladies as the specialist who had booked appointment with them.
He said the appearance of the suspect created suspicion and when the medical student questioned him, the suspect was quick to reveal that he was one of the medical officers working at the Department of Surgery at the KATH.
He said as a way of ensuring the authenticity or otherwise of the suspect, the medical student quickly contacted the head of the Surgery Department of KATH, but was told that no doctor by name Paul Sango was working at that department.
He said when pressed further, the suspect told the medical student that he was rather a student at the Surgery Department, but was dismissed under some unexplained reasons.
Chief Inspector Tanko said based on the inconsistencies of the information provided by the suspect, he was handed over to the police.