Mum a fake doctor

An American woman has been accused of pretending to be a doctor and falsely claiming her preschoolage son had terminal cancer so he could receive unnecessary hospital care and opioids. A Hamilton County prosecutor told jurors at the trial of Monika Burgett that she convinced doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre that she was a doctor while they cared for her 3-year-old son. Assistant prosecutor Anne Flanagan said Burgett also used the GoFundMe fundraising website to raise $40,000 on her son’s behalf. Flanagan said Burgett had the boy’s eyebrows and head shaved and then took photos of him to post on the site. GoFundMe will issue refunds to people who gave money to Burgett if it turns out she misused the fundraising campaign and scammed them, a site spokesman said.