Real estate agent stands trial for forging medical prescription

dubai — A man is facing a forgery charge for allegedly forging the medical prescription issued to him by doubling the dosage of the medically-controlled tablets.

The accused, a British real estate agent, was initially given a prescription to buy 150mg of a drug used to ease pain. But he allegedly altered it to 300mg before trying to buy the pills at the pharmacy of the hospital.

The 25-year-old defendant is charged in the Court of First Instance with attempted fraud, forgery and use of forged document.

The incident took place on February 16 and a complaint was registered against the accused at Al Barsha police station.

The Pakistani physician, who prescribed the pills to the accused, said that he showed him the prescription he had been given in his home country by a neurologist. “After diagnosing his condition, I issued him a 150mg prescription of the same drug to use on two to three days. I advised him to see a specialist after that.

“However, I received a call shortly later from the pharmacist, telling me that the accused had a 300mg drug prescription. I told him to send the patient and the prescription back to me. When I compared the paper with what I saved in the e-data system, I found the change he made in the prescription. I called the police,” the doctor told the prosecutor.

The Indian pharmacist said: “I had to double-check with the doctor as the dosage was increased compared to what was showed in the system.”

The accused admitted the charge during interrogation by the police and the public prosecution investigation.