Gauteng health department opens criminal case against bogus TikTok doctor
The health department in Gauteng has opened a criminal case against a man who claimed on TikTok that he was a medical doctor. they have no records of the man on their databases.A Gauteng TikTokker who's known to his followers as Dr Matthew Lani is in hot water with the police after the provincial health department opened a criminal case against him for impersonating a medical doctor.
The department said Lani had stolen the identity of a second-year medical intern at Tembisa Tertiary Hospital, Dr Sanele Sobani Vambani Zingelwa.It opened the case at the Brixton police station and said the case was in line with the Health Professionals Act.In a separate statement, the Health Professions Council of South Africa noted with concern a video by Matthew Zingelwa-Lani.It also said the name Matthew Zingelwa-Lani did not appear on the country's register of health practitioners.
"Based on the names presented to the institution and the facts on hand, the university cannot find any person who graduated by the name of Matthew Bongani Zingelwa or Sanele Zingelwa in recent years. We are requesting 'Dr Matthew Lani' to retract any such claim with immediate effect," it said.
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