An inquiry has been launched to determine how a fake Danish doctor used Mater Dei Hospital to carry out medical examinations on three young women.

Mater Dei Hospital CEO Ivan Falzon yesterday confirmed the Health Parliamentary Secretariat asked the hospital to investigate the case after the man bypassed security officers with a Danish tag.

An internal inquiry board was set up last Wednesday, 24 hours after the police talked with the hospital as part of their investigations.

He was wearing normal clothes and had a stethoscope hanging around his neck

Mr Falzon told this newspaper he will be waiting for the outcome of the inquiry before commenting further.

Michael Camilo Precht was charged in court last Friday with violent indecent assault on three women, practising medicine without a recognised qualification, assuming a public function without authorisation and using a falsified document.

Michael Camilo Precht

He pleaded guilty and was given a two-year suspended sentence as well as being fined €2,329.

The incident happened over two days on January 16 and 17 when Mr Precht used a hospital room to examine three young models.

The women were tricked when they were offered a job by Mr Precht, which, however, required them to undergo a medical examination for insurance purposes.

Posing as a doctor, Mr Precht offered to carry out the examination himself. It emerged in court that he asked the women to lift their tops to connect the wires of an ECG machine, using a stethoscope to examine them.

Sources said Mr Precht was seen entering the hospital’s Outpatient Department at around 6.30pm with the three women in tow at a time when cleaning of the area was taking place.

“He was wearing normal clothes and had a stethoscope hanging around his neck,” sources said.

Mr Precht is believed to have taken the women to an unutilised area and found a room that was not locked.

However, sources were baffled by court details indicating Mr Precht operated an ECG machine since normally there were none in the area.

Mr Precht has a history of criminal activity, using similar methods in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to lure unsuspecting teenagers.

A Facebook page, Stop Michael Camilo Precht, was set up by victims with the aim of exposing his fraudulent methods and asking the police to put a stop to his activities.

kurt.sansone@timesofmalta.com