The Public Prosecution of the State of Qatar has released a statement ordering the referral of two doctors working in a private medical center and a nurse working at the Primary Health Care Corporation to face Criminal Court for issuing false medical certificates.

The Public Prosecution had completed investigations into the accused who had previously been arrested in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health. The Ministry's employees, who had judicial police powers, uncovered these crimes, filed reports about them, and referred them to the Public Prosecution.

The Public Prosecution's investigations revealed that the defendants had obtained sums of money in exchange for issuing false medical certificates that included forged sick leaves to a number of individuals working for government agencies to enable them to obtain official leaves from their employers.

The actions carried out by the accused constitute the crime of forgery, in addition to the accused doctors' violation of their duties and the ethics of the medical profession.