Twijfels bij (oud-)collega’s of verdachte dodelijk drama Duitse kerstmarkt wel arts is: ’Hij zocht eerst alles op via Google’
Ex-colleagues of suspected attacker Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, the Saudi Arabian doctor who drove across the Magdeburg Christmas market in a rented car on Friday, are openly questioning his working methods and the diagnoses he made to German media. ‘More than ever, we wonder whether he was really a doctor. He had to look everything up.’
German media spoke to former colleagues and associates of suspect Al Abdulmohsen after the tragedy in Magdeburg. Because there is clearly something they need to get off their chests.
‘We had serious doubts about his competence as a doctor for some time. We therefore called him ‘Dr Google’. For every diagnosis, he consulted Google. As if he had to look everything up,' they say.
‘In addition, there were also many misunderstandings about diagnoses because he spoke German so poorly. More and more patients therefore refused to be treated by him,‘ a former medical secretary says. She had to take patients’ angry phone calls every time.
A nurse who worked with Al Abdulmohsen for a time decided to resign.‘There were constant complaints to other doctors and superiors about Taleb Al Abdulmohsen,’ she says. An investigation, she said, never happened. The ex-employee does not have a good word to say about Al Abdulmohsen personally either: ‘He was completely disrespectful to female staff and slammed the doors in our face. When we asked questions because we did not understand something, he reacted aggressively.’
‘Al Abdulmohsen repeatedly endangered patients’ lives because he prescribed the wrong medication,' another former colleague anonymously told Focus. When colleagues complained about this to the management, they were sent packing.
Eventually, Al Abdulmohsen disappeared for several weeks. ‘We all thought our suspicions were correct and that he had left because he was not a real doctor. There was a lot of gossip at the time. But suddenly he resurfaced and went back to work.
Until he went on sick leave in October.’
Colleagues don't understand what has got into him. But, according to them, that something was wrong with him was obvious. You didn't even have to be a doctor to see that. ‘Engaging with him, however, was not an option. He was not open to it.’
Since the attack, many colleagues are almost certain that he was not a qualified doctor and that he falsely claimed that title. By now, the matter will surely be part of the police investigation into Al Abdulmohsen.
BBM

If he wasn't qualified, how come he did get the job? and kept that job, despite his many mistakes?