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Chief physician of the Pascale hospital in Naples, the surgeon Raffaele Tortoriello, was suspended from public activity and the private health profession for 12 months because under investigation for ongoing sexual assault: According to the findings of the investigation, he abused, on several occasions, two of his patients during visits and medical check-ups. The interdictory precautionary measure, issued by the examining magistrate of the Naples Court, was executed by the Naples Mobile Squad staff and by the Arenella police station agents and refers to both the private profession and the medical activity carried out as director at Senology day surgery from the National Cancer Institute “Fundación Pascale” in Naples.
The head of Senology is also a union leader with regional positions and is responsible for the Health Forum of the Naples Democratic Party. A note from the Police Headquarters says that “the examining magistrate of the Naples Court considered him seriously suspected of the crime mentioned in articles 81 cpv, 609 bis cp committed on several occasions to the detriment of two patients. Tortoriello may respond to the accusations in the subsequent steps of the procedure; After questioning the guarantee, the defense may request the Review to cancel the challenge measure.
The investigations began as a result of complaints made by two women, known to them, who had suspected maneuvers during visits that they considered inappropriate. They had turned to the professional for a breast augmentation, probably after cancer surgery. During the investigations, carried out by the Arenella police station, it was learned that they had been subjected to practices that did not affect the investigations that the doctor should have carried out.
The first case would have occurred in June 2018, the second complaint instead refers to several episodes, which occurred in August and November 2019; The abuses, according to the patients, occurred both in the hospital and in the professional’s private office, in the Neapolitan district of Vomero.
The primary defends itself: “All false, I am innocent”
Contacted by phone by Fanpage.it, Dr. Tortoriello, rejecting the accusations, said that he had I only found out about the process against him this morningwhen he was notified of the suspension order. “I am very proven by this story – he explained – I have not received any warranty notice, I did not know that it was being investigated. A muddy media campaign is unleashed, as is usual in these cases. I am no stranger to the crimes of which I am accused“.
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