a false doctor unmasked in Saône-et-Loire

A fake female doctor has just been unmasked, the Order of Physicians tells us in a press release on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. She had been hired during confinement and had no medical skills.

Take off the masks! In a health center in Montceau-les-Mines, in Saône-et-Loire, a fake doctor was identified earlier this week. It was Wednesday September 23, 2020 that the information was relayed by AFP. According to the president of the Departmental Council of the Order of Physicians, Gérard Montagnon, the young woman in her thirties would have practiced for five months before being arrested and had been recruited in the midst of the Covid19 pandemic. However, his registration had been validated by the Order of Physicians after the digital sending of documents confirming his skills.

It is very serious because it endangered people's lives

"She had produced magnificent diplomas from the Sorbonne", according to the president of the Departmental Council of the Order of Physicians, who added: "I didn't notice anything that caught my eye." The scam was discovered when the health center of Montceau-les-Mines made the link between the profile of the young woman and an alert launched in 2019. At the time, the National Public Health Agency put in guard about a woman trying to pass herself off as a nurse … A situation that took offense to Gérard Montagnon: "It is very serious, because it has endangered people's lives. For us, it is an extremely painful injury.", he added, before adding that a complaint has been filed against the usurper for breach of trust and illegal practice of medicine.

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