The gynecologist who was suspended by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) after receiving a complaint of a patient for sexual abuse went to work in September at Las Piedras Hospitalafter being notified of his sanction, reported Underlined and confirmed The Observer with sources from the State Health Services Administration (ASSE).
The hospital in question had not yet been notified, because ASSE was in the process of notify the units where the doctor worked.
Nevertheless, the professional had already been notified of the sanction. As a result of this situation, the ASSE Board of Directors will analyze next week File a criminal complaint against the doctor.
The gynecologist attended the Las Piedras Hospital on September 25 and 26. José Luis Satdjian, in office of interim minister, signed the sanction —which ordered an administrative summary and the withholding of assets— August 12th.
The decision the gynecologist was informed within days. Later the portfolio notified all providers, including ASSE, something that –in the case of that public institution– It was finalized at the end of August.
Once the notification was received, ASSE began to notify the gynecologist’s workplaces. However, this process took a month and a half and while that period elapsed, the specialist went to work at the Las Piedras Hospital, a place where the alert had not yet reached.
From the organism they explained that Communication is not easy due to the number of units there are and the notification mechanisms.
The ASSE board, which meets next week, will evaluate file a criminal complaint against the doctor for having gone to work knowing that he was sanctioned.
The event reported by a patient took place on December 10, 2020; Four days later, the woman appeared before the Ethics Court of the Medical College of Uruguay.
The patient scheduled the consultation “”perform[se] pap and get an order for a transvaginal ultrasound.” The woman told the court that, during the interrogation of the clinical history, the doctor behaved “in a very nice way”; nevertheless, “The interrogation was personal rather than professional., insisting quite a lot on what had been the last date of my sexual relations and the amount of discharge. He did not inquire about my irregular cycles, or nodules, or hpv, or the inability to have children, issues that I told him about, ”says a court ruling.
Once the complainant positioned herself on the stretcher to begin the medical examination, instead of inserting the speculum, as she expected, the gynecologist inserted his thumb “repeatedly, caressing [sus] labia minora”.
