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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Zimbabwe: Health Minister a Medical Impostor |
| 2018-10-13 |
| [All Africa] HEALTH Minister Obadiah Moyo is neither a qualified medical doctor nor a fellow of various international elite societies as stated on his curriculum vitae posted by Chitungwiza Central Hospital (CCH), where he served as chief executive before being appointed into Cabinet, investigations by the Zim-bob-we Independent have revealed. The investigations showed that Moyo is an academic and medical impostor, who is not a registered practitioner with the Medical Dental Practitioners Council of Zim-bob-we (MDPCZ). It also emerged this week that President Emmerson Mnangagwa ignored his advisers who disapproved the appointment of Moyo as Health minister due to his questionable medical qualifications. Mnangagwa had asked for due diligence checks to establish Moyo's suitability for the appointment, among other potential cabinet appointees. On his CV posted on the CCH website, Moyo claims to be a "visionary leader with a proven track-record in the fields of medicine and executive management". He says he attained a Doctor of Medicine Degree (MD) in the West Indies, a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean, without specifying the country, university and year of study as is the norm. Moyo did not respond to questions from the Independent, but investigations established there is no such qualification as MD throughout the Anglophone Caribbean region. Medical experts said in most Anglo-Saxon countries, practising medical doctors attain a Bachelor of Medicine and Dental Surgeries degree (MBChB) from a recognised university, as is also the case locally. Elsewhere, the general qualification is known as MBBS, an abbreviation for Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae, or Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in English. Contrary to claims on the CV that he was a medical practitioner with a proven track-record, Moyo never practiced as a medical doctor in Zim-bob-we. The Health Professions Act requires practitioners to register with MDPCZ. Moyo's name does not appear on the list of the 3 624 registered medical practitioners in the country. MDPCZ officials, who confirmed the list to the Zim-bob-we Independent, explained the stringent registration process. "You need to be trained for seven years at the University of Zim-bob-we (UZ) and thereafter work as an intern for two years. You will then be deployed as a government district medical officer for at least a year before you are eligible to get into private practice. All this while, you will be working under strict supervision and you can only proceed on strong recommendations," an official said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 That's OK. I know plenty of living, feeling activists that are impersonating a productive human. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-10-13 13:50 |