Cops Say Fake Nurse Worked at Hospital for a Year

[Robert59]

Canadian woman Brigitte Cleroux has a long history of similar offenses

Authorities in Canada say Brigitte Cleroux appears to have had a long career working as a nurse at numerous hospitals and clinics—which is a big problem, because she isn't a nurse. Police say the 49-year-old used the name of a real nurse to get a job at BC Women's Hospital in Vancouver, where she worked for around a year, the CBC reports. After leaving that job in June this year, she allegedly worked as a nurse at a medical and dental clinic in Ottawa until she was arrested in late August.

https://www.newser.com/story/313814/cops-say-fake-nurse-worked-at-hospital-for-a-year.html

 

[jujube]

Back in the 1980s, one of our smaller hospitals here in town (it was a rather low-ranked one, too) hired a doctor to be head of the ob/gyn department.

Problem was.....he wasn't a doctor. He wasn't even a college graduate. All his credentials were bogus and he was there 3 or 4 months before it all came to light.

Biiiiig scandal. Heads rolled.

Straight out of the movie, "Catch Me If You Can".

 

[Sassycakes]

With all that's going on today the last place I would want to work is in a Hospital. She sounds like she is really a whack job !

 

[WhatInThe]

Wasn't there a recent case of a college president or something that said they had a phd but lied going un noticed for years.

It happens and will happen again. The suspect has a 30 year history of impersonation related crime.

At least they found out they lied. Right now there is proof of a crime but a medical mistake, negligence or incompetence?