A Man Successfully Posed As A Fake Doctor At A Kedah Hospital For A Year Without Being Caught

A man who goes by the name of ‘Dr. Ridzuan’ has been ‘serving’ his duty at the Sultan Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Setar, Kedah for the past year. The thing is, he’s not actually a doctor and was never employed at the hospital.

The Star reported that the con-man frequently made rounds at the emergency unit or the specialist unit. The unknown man is said to be in his 30s and is usually seen dressed smartly with a stethoscope dangling around his neck.

To make it more believable, he occasionally tells off the cleaners for not carrying out their duty properly.

Thankfully, according to a hospital employee, the fake doctor never attended to any patients.

How this ‘Dr.Ridzuan’ managed to carry out his antics throughout the year without raising any suspicions, truly baffle us. Seriously, we’re face-palming hard while trying to digest this news.

But just like the Malay proverb “Sepandai-pandai tupai melompat, akhirnya jatuh ke tanah juga” (no matter how hard you try to run you’ll get caught eventually), his stint as a sham doctor finally came to an end on Monday.

A senior doctor who noticed something was amiss finally checked hospital records and found out that ‘Dr. Ridzuan’ never existed in their records.

A police report was later lodged against him on Wednesday and ‘Dr.Ridzuan’ was later detained by the hospital security guards. But surprisingly, he was released later.

However, according to news reports on Thursday, the police have arrested the unknown man.

Kota Setar Deputy OCPD Supt Yazri Ismail told The Star that they are now “studying the closed-circuit television camera footage at the hospital to identify him.”

The police will also send this mysterious ‘Dr.Ridzuan’ for a mental-health check up to see whether he is mentally stable.