‘Dr.’ Malachi Love-Robinson had even opened a doctor’s office.
AB Wire
It’s not known if the popular Bollywood film ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ starring the inimitable Sanjay Dutt in the lead role was the inspiration or not, but an 18-year-old male has been arrested and charged in Florida for practicing medicine without a license, theft and fraud after he was caught running a doctor’s office.
Malachi Love-Robinson, who was previously told to stop posing as a physician, was arrested by the Palm Beach Narcotics Task Force inside his office after an undercover agent acting as a patient was examined by the teen Tuesday and received medical advice, reported the Washington Times.
It wasn’t Love-Robinson’s first run-in with authorities lately. He was accused in early 2015 of posing as a doctor at an area hospital for roughly a month, and in October he was served a cease-and-desist order from the Florida Department of Health after he was caught working without a license as a massage therapist at a Boynton Beach rehabilitation facility.
Nevertheless, the teenager opened the New Birth, New Life Alternative Medicine and Urgent Care Clinic last month, claiming online to be a 25-year-old doctor who specializes in holistic care and family-planning counseling.
“I am a well rounded proffessional [sic] that treats, and cares for patients, using a system of practice that bases treatment of physiological functions and abnormal conditions on natural laws governing the human body,†reads a profile for the supposed doctor posted to HealthGrades.com, a website where physicians can be reviewed by patients.
The teen also claimed to practice “physiological, psychological and mechanical methods,†including psychotherapy, electrotherapy, physiotherapy and minor and orificial surgery.
It’s known if the teenager had a girlfriend, whom he impressed with his skills as a ‘physician’ or was pursuing one and pretended to be a physician like Dutt did playing the role of Munnabhai. But the incident makes on thing clear: get your medical degree before posing as a physician.