A fake doctor has managed to practice in the country for more than two decades without officials in the National Health Service (NHS) noticing it, according to British media reports.
Reports on Monday said that Zholia Alemi had made checks on thousands of patients since 1995 when she first registered in the UK as a psychiatrist.
But officials jailed Alemi in October after it became clear that her claim to have a primary medical qualification with a degree from the University of Auckland in New Zealand was fraudulent.
Alemi’s secret was exposed when it was revealed last year that she had taken advantage of an elderly patient and tried to change her will to her benefit.
The con artist, as she was called by a British newspaper, exploited her relationship with the vulnerable patient while working as a consultant psychiatrist for a dementia service in West Cumbria.
Alemi even applied for power of attorney in the patient’s name to make…