ANUG Chairman Mark DeFrance was suspended from medical practice for forgery says news report
Just months after admitting but downplaying a two-year suspension from practising medicine, which according to reports at the time didn’t sit well for many, Dr Mark DeFrance, Chairman of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) is back under the spotlight for not being entirely clear on the matter.
According to one report back in December 2024, France acknowledged his involvement in a case of medical malpractice that led to a two-year suspension from practising medicine, while at the same time declining to provide specific details.
ANUG Chairman, Mark DeFrance (Newsroom photo)
At the time, it was reported that DeFrance had been given a two-year suspension in a 2016 “medical misconduct case”.
DeFrance had then disclosed that the Medical Council found him responsible for the misconduct, resulting in his inability to practice medicine from 2016 to 2018. Adding that Justice Jo Ann Barlow presided over the case.
He had also stated in his acknowledgment that it was misconduct, and the matter had been laid to rest.
On Monday however, according to a News Room report, a newly surfaced document confirmed that DeFrance was suspended from practising medicine for two years after forging records, including the signatures of his supervisors.
The document — an Institutional Registration Workbook reportedly seen by the News Room over the weekend — shows that Dr DeFrance falsified his rotation time and forged the signatures of several supervisors.
The paperwork is stamped by the Industry Health Centre and details the fraudulent entries that led to his suspension, the report noted, adding that the new revelation makes clear that forgery — not just generic misconduct — was at the heart of the disciplinary action.
According to News Room, a source familiar with the case had previously hinted that the offence was “very serious”, contradicting Dr DeFrance’s attempt to brush aside the controversy. The fresh disclosure, it noted, comes as Dr DeFrance and ANUG recently joined forces with US-sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed and his political movement WIN to contest the upcoming September 1st elections.
