Businessman Daniel Yartey, also known as Doctor, was apprehended and charged after posing as a medical officer at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Surgical Department.
According to reports, Yartey admitted that he lacked both a license and a registration to practice medicine.
He reportedly administered shots to several of his clients.
Yartey is accused of using the term "doctor" willfully and fraudulently, practising medicine without being registered with the Ghana Medical and Dental Council, and taking remuneration for such unregistered medical activity.
He is also being held on further allegations of running a pharmacy without a Pharmacy Council license, having restricted drugs in his possession without a valid prescription, and dispensing restricted medication from unapproved locations.
Yartey has entered a not-guilty plea to the accusations.
Yartey has been remanded into police custody by the court presided over by Mrs Rosemary Baah Tosu, with a new court date on October 25.
The complainant, according to the prosecution, was the Administrative Manager of the Complainant and Investigation Unit of the Ghana Medical and Dental Council, which was managed by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Evans Kesse.
According to the report, Desmond Asamoah, the victim, was a member of the Council's Complaint and Investigations Unit.
According to the prosecution, sometime in June 2022, the Ghana Medical and Dental Council received complaints from one Pastor Benjamin Anom, a witness in the case, alleging that Yartey had visited his church (Voice of the Lord Evangelical Church, Koforidua), introduced himself as a medical doctor from the Surgical Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, and offered to treat sick members.
The prosecution claimed that sometime in June 2022, the Ghana Medical and Dental Council received complaints from a certain Pastor Benjamin Anom, a witness in the case, claiming that Yartey had visited his church (Voice of the Lord Evangelical Church, Koforidua), introduced himself as a medical doctor from the Surgical Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, and offered to treat sick members.
He claimed that after receiving medical care from the accused, some church members experienced difficulties.
According to the prosecution, the congregation believed the accused was not a medical officer based on his actions.
He said that the complainant went to the Ghana Medical and Dental Council to look into the accused based on the soft copy of the accused's ID card.
The prosecution also revealed that, on July 12, 2022, the complainant phoned the defendant to request medical attention for his brother. On July 13, 2022, Desmond Asamoah, the victim, went to Yartey's Pharmacy in Pokuase for treatment.
According to the report, the accused treated the victim Desmond Asamoah, who complained of stomach symptoms, after introducing himself as a specialist surgical gynaecologist who had worked at the Korie-Bu Teaching Hospital.
The prosecution said the defendant was diagnosed with a stomach ulcer right away.
It also said, Yartey then extracted Asamoah's blood for laboratory analysis before giving three injections into his shoulder.
As if that weren't enough, the accused also prescribed injections of 400 mg omeprazole, 1000 mg amoxiclav pills, 750 mg rocetil, and the artemether-lumefantrine combination Lufart DS.
The accused's pharmacy shop gave the medications, and he was paid GHc380 for the treatment.
On prescription paperwork from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, it was claimed that Yartey allegedly prescribed the victim more medications and excused him from work for five days.
The defendant also used a stamp from the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
The complainant followed up on July 15, 2022, and covertly videotaped every activity.
A report was submitted to the Police after an investigation was conducted to confirm Yartey's identification in the Council's Permanent Register database.
Yartey was arrested at his pharmacy in Pokuase on October 4 of this year.
A search of the pharmacy shop turned up a number of banned pharmaceuticals that had been partially given, prescription forms, intravenous infusion lines, used needles, empty injectable bottles, Galiva Blood Sugar test Kits, and used Malaria Test Kits, among other things.
A photo frame with the caption "Dr Daniel Yartey" was found during a thorough search of the accused's chamber. It featured the accused wearing a stethoscope.
Additionally, he was in possession of a photo ID card bearing the specialist number S/No 1168. 0552383409.
The prosecution claims that Yartey admitted to not having a license or registration to practice during questioning.