Ghana Medical and Dental Council cracks down on fake doctors

The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) has announced a major initiative to protect public health as it cracks down on unlicensed medical practitioners across the country.

The Council said recent investigations exposed individuals providing healthcare services without proper certification, putting patients at serious risk.

During its briefing, the Council emphasized that the operation targets fake doctors operating under the guise of legitimate medical professionals. “Our undercover investigations confirmed that these individuals were attending to patients without lawful registration. Such practice is illegal and endangers lives,” the MDC stated.

Those apprehended include Kate Baidoo of Osag Medical Centre, Nsakena; Ebenezer Koomson of E & E Medical Centre, Gomoa Afransi; Innocent Tagbovi of Mighty Clinic, Madina; and Ebenezer Sarpong of Goodcare Medical Centre, Swalaba Bukom. The arrests illustrate why the Council continues to crack down on unlicensed practitioners, reinforcing its commitment to safeguarding Ghana’s healthcare system.

Investigations revealed that Baidoo was consulting patients without registration, Koomson had not passed the licentiate examination despite training, Tagbovi was caught again after a previous arrest in 2017, and Sarpong was apprehended in August 2025. The MDC urged the public to report any suspicious medical activities to help maintain safe healthcare standards.

One Prince Tutu, a quack doctor at St Kyeade Clinic, Dormaa-Babianiha, who is neither a trained medical professional nor licensed to lawfully practise medicine or dentistry in Ghana, was arrested for possessing a forged Medical and Dental Council permanent license for Physician Assistants, which suggests that he had been registered with the Council to practice medicine since February 19, 2014.

He also forged a document purported to be a certificate from the Shenyang Medical College in China, suggesting that he graduated from the said university in March 2018, with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees.

The Acting Registrar said he also forged documents purporting to be a laboratory technician.