By Farai D Hove| The Zimbabwean doctor who was caught on camera driving dangerously in Namibia while in an apparent stupor, is now in prison.

Dr Yaukai Chiradza was exposed on a video which went viral on the 9th March,  day after he absconded a court hearing for a case of culpable homicide.

The Zimbabwean doc’s video shows him driving recklessly on the road between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja.

Chiradza was taken to the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court, denied bail, and then transferred to Karibib on the same day last week.

State prosecutor Eden Amutenya said Chiradza’s lawyer did not apply for bail formally, but the doctor was still remanded in custody until his next appearance on 25 June 2018 for trial.

Chiradza is implicated in the death of three people in a road crash in July 2015, and ZimEye is reliably informed police suspect that he was high on drugs and not alcohol as previously assumed. His employer has revealed that he has previous cases of substance abuse, well known to his employer.

The development is set to open discussions on how the Namibian Health Ministry allowed him to continue taking care of patients while knowing fully that he is a substance abuse patient.

He was only stopped from working after the dangerous driving video became viral at the weekend.

After he was stopped from working, a warrant of arrest was issued on Monday 12th March.

The Namibian Press Association reports that part of charges on Chiradza on file are the deaths of Konrad Louw, Welmine Louw and Aletta Junius when Chiradzi’s car sideswiped the vehicle they were in on the Karibib-Us.

His video (BELOW) was streamed on ZimEye.com on the 9th March.