His Excellency Attorney-General Dr Issa bin Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi ordered the arrest of a plastic and cosmetic surgeon and the director of a medical centre, and their referral to the competent criminal court to face charges related to the offences attributed to them.
The Public Prosecution had launched investigations into a case involving the illegal practice of the medical profession without a licence. The first defendant was apprehended by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) for practicing medicine at a private medical centre despite having been suspended from practicing the profession by the competent department at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), pursuant to a decision issued by the Public Prosecution in the interest of the investigation.
This followed the prosecution's review of several complaints filed against him over medical errors allegedly committed. The second defendant, who serves as the medical director responsible for managing the centre where the first defendant was working, was also arrested for allowing him to practice medicine at the medical centre despite being fully aware of the suspension.
HE the Attorney General ordered that both defendants be remanded in custody and referred to the competent criminal court to be tried and punished in accordance with the provisions of the Law Regulating the Practice of the Medical Profession.
