A 60-year-old orthopedic doctor was identified and detained on suspicion of rape and forcing patients to practice sexual practices during consultations. According to a statement released this Thursday by the judicial police through the Northern Directorate, the crimes began last year at Penafiel Hospital. The sexual aggressor used the excuse that by engaging in sexual relations with the victims, he would be better able to diagnose himself.
“The victims, although embarrassed, complied with the aforementioned practice, given the situation of addiction in which they found themselves, as well as ignoring the alleged medical actions,” the SP said in a statement.
for what morning Post It turned out that two women aged 40 to 50 had already been interrogated. They allege some sexual harassment by an orthopedist during consultations, namely intimate touching.
The man, with no criminal record, was present at the first interrogation, and coercive measures were applied to him in the form of “suspension of work in any public or private medical institution and prohibition of contact with victims and witnesses of the investigation,” the report says. .
The joint venture believes that there are more victims.
Contacted cmThe hospital declined to comment, saying only that they were cooperating with the authorities.
Author: Ana Isabelle Fonseca This Nelson Rodriguez
Source: CM Jornal
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