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 confirmed the Health Parliamentary Secretariat asked the hospital to investigate the case after the man bypassed security officers with a Danish tag.

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

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

Sources said Mr Precht was seen entering the hospital’s Outpatients 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, as many as 200 according to reports.