Fake doctor caught using special injection in Dubai

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The Dubai Police, in cooperation with the Dubai Health Authority, arrested a quack, who offered to cure diseases, from a hotel in Dubai.
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According to police sources, the suspect had been treating patients without a licence and using medicines not approved by the Ministry of Health and Prevention. The police were informed about the suspect repeatedly coming to the UAE on visit visa.
Dr Amin Hussein Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Policy and Licensing at the ministry, said the Asian suspect claimed that he could cure nerve diseases, severe cramps and pain in bones and joints with a special 'stem cell injection'.
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After receiving the information, the police set a trap to arrest the suspect, in coordination with the Dubai Health Authority.
An undercover policeman posed as a patient, and fixed an appointment with the suspect for treatment. He went to the hotel accompanied by a ministry official, who acted as an assistant to the patient.
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The 'doctor' received them at the hotel reception and took them to his room. He told the 'patient' that his disc disease could be solved with two injections that would cost his Dh12,000. He described the injections as hormones and stem cell medicine that would help the cell growth and thus cure his disease.
Dr Al Amiri said the suspect has committed five offences, including offering treatment without having a licence from the Department of Health, giving diagnosis and treatment without prior knowledge of the status of the patient's health, offering treatment in places which are not eligible and non-licensed for practising the profession, bringing in and storing medicine in unsanitary conditions and using an unlicensed drug with unknown ingredients for treatment.
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The police have confiscated the medicine and referred the suspect to the Dubai Public Prosecution.
Dr Al Amiri stressed that the ministry had taken into notice that some persons or networks are practising unscientific medical treatment by claiming the ability to treat incurable diseases. Many such cases have been reported to hospitals after developing complications as a result of such treatments.
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