Physician jailed for issuing fake medical report

An Indian physician, 42, has been sentenced to six months in jail after the Court of First Instance found him guilty of the charges of forging and issuing a medical report which falsely stated that an auditor suffered severe back pain. This was, in fact, a wrong justification for the latter's unlawful use of medically-controlled drugs.

The auditor used the fake report and presented it to a public prosecution member during an investigation.

The physician was also accused of wrongly issuing a medical prescription for drugs, and hence not complying with the regulations set by the Ministry of Health. He was ordered by the court to be deported after serving his sentence.

The auditor, 26, and a manager, 32, who are brothers from Egypt, have both been convicted along with the physician of misleading justice after submitting to the prosecution a fake report related to a criminal case. They were both sentenced to six months in jail to be followed by deportation.

The case dates back to April 12, last year. It was reported to Al Barsha police station.

The evidence includes a letter from the General Directorate of Narcotics to the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) to verify the medical prescription issued to the second accused by the clinic where the main defendant worked.

A letter from the DHA stated that the clinic, which issued the report, did not comply with the conditions and regulations on opening of medical files. The second accused did not have a file at the clinic given the fact that the doctor issued him a report stating that he suffered from back pain and for which he prescribed him two types of pain killers.

According to the same letter, the main accused committed another offence when he prescribed medicines without first clinically examining the patient.

In another letter by the DHA, it was revealed that the first defendant was fined Dh20,000 as an administrative measure by the committee of medical practices.

During the public prosecution investigation, the physician admitted he issued a medical report, which was not true, and claimed it was because of the request and insistence of the third accused. He also confessed the auditor did not receive treatment at the clinic.

The defendants can appeal the court ruling within 15 days.

Source: Khaleej Times