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A judge in Ibagué has just ordered a citizen to immediately unpublish and retract a video – which went viral on networks – in which he accused two hospitals and an EPS of infecting his mother with covid-19 to charge for services.
In 4 minutes and 45 seconds, it is assured that the woman arrived in Medellín, transferred from Ibagué, to be treated for pancreatic cancer, and that, in addition to the covid, they were preparing the application of euthanasia for economic purposes.
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The alleged complaint, which spoke of a ‘false positive’ to collect the money that the Government recognizes for the care of those infected by covid, generated 11 million visits.
The EPS Salud Total, the Nuestra Ibagué Clinic and the Pablo Tobón Hospital (Medellín) protected his right to a good name.
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These are some of the comments for which it was judicially requested to download the video and rectify its content.
It is not enough to erase
The 9th Municipal Civil Court of Ibagué denied the appeal, because the video was voluntarily withdrawn. But the decision was contested under the thesis that the damage caused by viralization could only be compensated with an explicit rectification.
“The authorship and dissemination of the video, in addition to violating honor and good name, causes panic in the community, being able to promote de facto avenues (…), as warned by comments to the video, of distrust and incitement to violence ”Says the challenge.
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On August 6, the First Civil Court of the Ibagué Circuit agreed with them and recalled that baselessly accusing someone of a crime – in this case homicide and conspiracy to commit a crime – seriously affects image and reputation.
The authorship and dissemination of the video, in addition to violating the honor and good name of the plaintiff, causes panic in the community, not only in Ibiza but in the country
In 2016, a new hospital tower was inaugurated to provide greater care and have more beds.
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EL TIEMPO looked for the author of the video, and in one of the contact telephones they said that the matter was solved and that the video was unpublished. But they did not comment on the order to rectify.
And in Total Health they assured that the patient overcame the covid and was discharged. Regarding the ruling, they indicated that “it is a precedent, since it vindicates their good name and conduct.”
Experts consulted by EL TIEMPO pointed out that the key to a ruling of this nature lies in the responsibility that citizens have for the content they disclose and that freedom of expression cannot be shielded.
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“Everything that is uploaded to the networks has an impact in the real world. The retraction avoids the proceedings for insult, but it has to be explicit ”, warned the criminal lawyer Jacques Simhon.
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