Failed medical student worked as a psychiatrist for 20 years: UK prosecutors

Zholia Alemi was first registered back in 1995 and worked all over the UK as a psychiatrist

A failed medical student went on to practise as a psychiatrist for more than two decades and even passed the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ clinical exams, a UK court has heard.

Prosecutors told the Manchester Crown Court that Zholia Alemi treated hundreds of patients through the NHS between 1995 and 2017, according to UK newspaper The Independent.