28 Apr 2023

Middlemore Hospital promises no more bogus doctors

From Morning Report, 7:25 am on 28 April 2023

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Middlemore Hospital is promising it will be much harder for anyone to fake their way into a medical role, after a bogus doctor saw 80 patients.

31 year-old Yuvaraj Krishnan is starting a prison sentence of three-and-a-half years for tricking his way into a doctor's job on the respiratory team at the height of the first national Covid outbreak.

Krishnan was not successful when applying for other medical jobs, but used Google to learn certain procedures in case.

Health Correspondent Rowan Quinn reports.