General News of Thursday, 5 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Dr Michael Obeng has been arrested by the MDC• He was arrested together with some quack doctors and dentists• The doctor was operating without a valid licenceDr Michael K. Obeng, a US-trained Ghanaian qualified medical doctor has been arrested for working without a valid licence from the Medical and Dental Council (MDC), Daily Graphic has reported. Dr Michael Obeng was arrested in a joint operation by the MDC and the Ghana Police Service where some suspected quack medical doctors and dentists were arrested in the Greater Accra, Bono and Central regions. The operation led to the closure of seven health facilities where the suspects were operating. Some 12 fake dentists and six quack medical doctors are said to have attended to many people in their operational areas. The names of the quack doctors, according to the Daily Graphic report, were given as Osei Bonsu Hayford, who was arrested practising medicine illegally at the O.B.

Source: GhanaWeb August 05, 2021 05:48 UTC