27 Apr 2023

Imposter doctor sentenced to more than three years jail

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 27 April 2023

A man who pretended to be a doctor at Middlemore Hospital has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail.

30-year-old Yuvaraj Krishnan pleaded guilty to a series of fraud charges. He faked a practicing certificate and CV to get a job working with respiratory patients during the pandemic.

Our health correspondent Rowan Quinn joins Lisa Owen with the details.