A well-known TikToker from South Africa who pretended to be a doctor has been taken into custody after being accused of being a fake by authorities for almost three weeks.
Matthew Lani was taken into custody by the security team at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg. He was trying to get into the hospital on Sunday night.
The people in charge in the Gauteng province said that he was given to the police.
The police department said in a statement that just before 8pm, Lani was caught. Lani was pretending to be someone else by wearing a hoodie, a surgical mask, and having a stethoscope around his neck.
It also said that Lani had gone to the same place before and shared wrong information, pretending to be a real doctor.
Lani became popular on TikTok because he shared medical videos and sold his own pills.
He claimed he became a doctor from the University of the Witwatersrand, but the university has confirmed that this is false.
He also said that his name was Dr. Sanele Zingelwa, but it was discovered that he pretended to be a medical intern at another place.
The Health Professions Council of South Africa stated that Lani is not officially certified as a health practitioner.
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Hospital in South Africa has detained suspected phoney doctor
