Posted on 11/19/2018 8:38:18 AM PST by Theoria
In a land where matters of public health care are never far from scrutiny and sometimes scandal, the British medical authorities acknowledged on Monday that they were checking the credentials of some 3,000 foreign physicians, after one was convicted of fraud and accused of falsifying qualifications.
The case could add to concerns about the safety of patients in Britain’s once-vaunted National Health Service, even as tight budgets and the possible impact of Britain’s pending departure from the European Union have augmented a sense of unease.
For more than two decades, Zholia Alemi, 56, worked at health facilities in Britain using what she said was a qualification from her native New Zealand. The document enabled her to treat patients suffering from dementia and an array of other psychiatric complaints.
But in recent weeks, an investigation by a provincial newspaper uncovered a very different version of Ms. Alemi’s background.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
The case of Ms. Alemi came to light after she attempted to take advantage of a patient, Gillian Belham, an 84-year-old widow whom she befriended in 2016 at a dementia clinic in the coastal town of Workington.
Ms. Alemi was sentenced last month to five years in prison for forging her patient’s will and trying to gain control of her estate, valued at around $1.5 million.
“This was despicable criminality, motivated by pure greed,” Judge James Adkin, who announced the sentence, was quoted as saying by The News & Star.
““As part of her application, Zholia Alemi presented what appeared to be a Primary Medical Qualification from the University of Auckland, a letter from the university confirming her graduation and a reference letter from her most recent employers in Pakistan,”
Don’t trust Paki “docs”
They’re everywhere...
I’ll bet the Auckland folks discover that someone there got paid cash to approve Alemi.
On the bright side, they will work cheap and keep the NHS solvent for a little longer. < / sarcasm >
Face doctors in a fake health care system, imagine that!
The NHS saved my life and provided excellent health care. It has a lot of faults, but the speed and quality of care was fantastic. If it hadn’t been for my GP picking up on a possible cause of my anaemia and organising a colonoscopy for me, I wouldn’t be here today.
Glad to hear, hope you are all well.
Yes, all clear now thank you! The colonoscopy discovered bowel cancer, so I had a major op to remove a section of my colon, then chemotherapy as it had spread into my lymph system, but fortunately not far.
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