The man is being investigated by police for allegedly using fake documents to secure a job as a doctor at a New Zealand hospital. 9News
understands the man worked in the respiratory department at Middlemore Hospital in south Auckland for several months before it was discovered he was not in fact a registered doctor.has agreed not to name, said the man was in his university class when he was found to have forged a student ID card for the University of Auckland and was doing cadaver dissections.A man is alleged to have worked at a New Zealand hospital without being registered as a doctor.
At the time, a spokesperson from the university's medical school said the man participated in the second and third year of the six-year medical course.Over the two-year period, he evaded lecturers by not putting his name to anything, he said. The university confirmed the man was never enrolled in and did not graduate from the School of Medicine. The University of Otago, home to the country's other medical school, also confirmed there was no record of him ever graduating.Associate Professor Warwick Bagg and Professor John Fraser in 2012, after details came to light about the student.
Because of the size of the medical class and by not submitting assessments or sitting tests, the individual was able to deceive classmates and teachers, Fraser said.
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