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 methods, given the situation of addiction they found themselves in, as well as ignoring the alleged medical actions,” the JV said in a statement.
for what morning Post It turned out that two women aged 40 to 50 had already been interrogated. They reported some sexual harassment by the orthopedist during consultations, namely touching the intimate area.
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 contacts 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.