Kumasi: The Asokwa Circuit Court in Kumasi has convicted two individuals who were arrested for posing as nurses of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). According to Ghana Web, the pair, who pleaded guilty to all charges, were fined a total of GHS24,000.
The convicts are Evelyn Ataa Amankwah, 33, a private nurse from Brofoyedu, and Collins Agyemang Badu, 25, a student nurse from Ampabame. They were both arrested after offering unauthorized medical services to unsuspecting traders in Kumasi.
Prosecutors told the court that in June 2026, Amankwah paid GHS200 to a printing press operator in Adum to produce fake KATH identity cards for herself and Badu. Amankwah's card reportedly identified her as a Disease Control Officer, while Badu's described him as an Enrolled Nurse.
Armed with the forged IDs, the two presented themselves as public health officials and began distributing suspected illicit drugs and vaccines to traders in Asokwa. Their activities, however, were exposed when a genuine KATH health officer raised the alarm, leading to their arrest by hospital security.
Following the arrest, fake ID cards, vaccines, and medicines were seized. The two were arraigned before Circuit Court Two, presided over by Her Honour Vida Achiaa Yeboah, on July 27, 2026. They faced three charges of conspiracy to commit crime, forgery of documents under the Criminal Offences Act, and practising medicine without registration under the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act. Both pleaded guilty to the charges.
The court sentenced each to 1,000 penalty units, equivalent to GHS12,000. Amankwah was additionally given a one-day custodial sentence, suspended in consideration of her pregnancy.