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Male nurse turns fake doctor
BY PAUL HENRY Crime/Court Desk co-ordinator [email protected]
Friday, September 21, 2012

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 56-year-old male nurse, who is alleged to have impersonated a doctor and performed an abortion procedure, was yesterday denied bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.

Accused Derrick Palmer, who is a nurse at the Mona Rehabilitation Centre in St Andrew, is also accused of injecting the woman with an unknown substance and prescribing medication for her.
The court was told that he collected money from her for the procedure
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The medication, the court was told, did not work and the woman — after finding out that Palmer was not the medical doctor he claimed to be — reported the matter to the Fraud Squad.
Palmer was subsequently arrested during a sting operation and a quantity of pharmaceutical items allegedly found in his car and at his Kingston 10 home.
He was slapped with a slew of charges, among them inducing abortion and breaches of the Pharmaceutical Act.
But attorney CJ Mitchell denied the allegations against his client during a vigourous bail application. The attorney said that Palmer was in possession of the pharmaceutical items, because they belonged to his mother who passed away recently.
Mitchell said Palmer’s mother had been suffering from cancer.
However, magistrate Georgianna Fraser denied the application, saying that she needed a list of the drugs, allegedly found in Palmer’s vehicle and at his house, and evidence as to whether they were legitimately prescribed.
Palmer will next appear in court on October 2 when a fresh bail application could be made.

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