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Kenyan quack doctor who performed surgeries arrested in bid to ‘renew’ licence
The medical superintendent of Meteitei Sub-County Hospital in Nandi, Ronald Kiprotich Melly, 28, was arrested at the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board offices, where he had been tricked to believe he was going to renew his “permanent” medical licence.
Mr. Melly who is believed to be the grandson of the late Ezekiel Barng’etuny, a successful businessman and powerful Moi-era politician from the same area, confessed to have treated patients, performed surgery and delivered babies by Caesarean section even though he is not a doctor.
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The question which is on the lips of most Kenyan’s is how did the ministry of Health promoted him to Medical Superintendent putting the lives of hundreds at risk for more than two years?
Police officers on the case on Monday told newsmen that; “Mr Melly did not complete his studies at the University of Nairobi and wondered how he was deployed as a medical doctor by the Ministry of Health in April last year.
“Documents show that he was posted to Kendu Adventist Hospital in Homa Bay County for 12 months after graduation, earning a monthly salary of Sh35, 910, house allowance and other benefits.”
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