Bogus doctor conducts abortion

Johannesburg - Police have arrested two suspects aged 20 and 36 for concealment of birth in Albert Street in the CBD.

Police spokesperson Captain Xoli Mbele said a 20-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant had an abortion conducted by a Ugandan bogus doctor. “It is alleged that the woman and her boyfriend paid R3 000 and an abortion was conducted by the suspect and his female accomplice, a bogus nurse. The woman told her mother that she had a miscarriage at Alexandra Clinic. Her aunt took her to the clinic to collect the foetus for burial but discovered that she had not been to that clinic. She told her aunt what really happened and was transferred to Edenvale Hospital for medical attention. Police were contacted and she directed them to the crime scene, where the bogus doctor was arrested, while the accomplice who took the foetus is still at large,” Mbele said.

Johannesburg Central station commander Brigadier Perumal commended the swift response by the police, and urged pregnant women not to risk their lives by visiting unregistered places for abortions.