Germany: Fake Doctor Gets Life in Prison for Patient Deaths

Germany: Fake Doctor Gets Life in Prison for Patient Deaths
Volker Muetze (L), presiding judge at the Regional Court, stands in the courtroom for the opening in Kassel, Germany, on May 25, 2022. Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP
The Associated Press
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BERLIN—A German court on Wednesday sentenced a woman who posed as a doctor to life in prison for causing the deaths of several people she treated.

Judges at the regional court in Kassel said the evidence showed the 51-year-old woman, whose name was not given in line with German privacy rules, used a forged license to obtain employment as an anesthesiologist.