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"Doctor" without papers may have treated skier who died

August 25, 2006 - 13:31 Crans-sur-Sierre, VS, Switzerland :: posted by Ellen Wallace

TSR, Fre - A woman who died following a ski accident in December 2005 may have been treated by a fake doctor who accompanied her on Air Glacier's emergency helicopter ride to the hospital.

The skier, a Valaisan who was skiing with former Swiss president Adolf Ogi, went over a small wall and hit her head on a rock. The would-be doctor, as is often the case in ski resorts, worked only during the winter and was paid a daily honorarium. Other doctors found his avoidance of medical discussions and his general behaviour odd; when the owner of Air Glacier discovered this he insisted on seeing the man's medical certificates, but none were produced.

The man then disappeared.

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