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Rodrigo, the baby born without a nose, without eyes and without part of the skullchild And who was only given hours to live, this year marks the end of Wednesday. The social networks of Marlene Simão, the child’s mother, have already been ‘filled’ with messages of congratulations that underline the strength of the baby and the family in this fight.
Baby Rodrigo was born on October 2019 at the Hospital de São Bernardo, Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, with several serious malformations, without the doctor Artur Carvalho, who performed the ultrasound monitoring the pregnancy, had detected or alerted parents of any problems.
The obstetrician who performed the ultrasound in a private unit, the Ecosado, had 14 complaints under investigation with the Ordem dos Médicos in December. The exams were carried out with credentials issued by the SNS but, after all, the clinic did not have an agreement with the state.
The president of the Regional Health Administration of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, Luís Pisco, said that there were indications of irregularities in the clinic that carried out the examinations.
According to Correio da Manhã, the baby’s parents made three ultrasound with the interested doctor, without any malformation being communicated to them. Only in an exam performed in another clinic, ultrasound 5D, parents were warned of the possibility of malformations. They questioned the doctor who was following them, who assured them that everything was fine, the newspaper says, citing the baby’s godmother.
The obstetrician Artur Carvalho “retired on July“
In the month of Rodrigo’s birth, on the 18th, the president of the Ordem dos Médicos, Miguel Guimarães, announced that he would present a complaint to the Southern Regional Disciplinary Council about this case and “urgently request the opening of a case.” Four days later, at age 22, the obstetrician informed the president that he decided to suspend the performance of ultrasound in pregnancy until the conclusion of the processes under analysis in the Southern Disciplinary Council, which that day determined the preventive suspension of the clinician for a period of six months.
Artur Carvalho was also sanctioned with the maximum penalty provided in the Statute of the Order of Physicians, that is, expulsion, but the doctor’s lawyer said that he would appeal the proposal ”. July This year, Health Minister Marta Temido revealed that the doctor had retired earlier this month.
As an employee of the National Health Service, the hierarchical link that he also held, Dr. Artur Carvalho “was presented on the 1st of July, regardless of the processes that arise over a group of other entities “, said the governor, in the Health Commission.
The case of the faceless baby immediately led to the opening of an investigation by the Setúbal Hospital Center, to determine whether done correctly all procedures in childbirth. The Public Ministry also opened an investigation.
One year after Rodrigo’s birth, there is still no decision on whether the case against the clinician will be dismissed or prosecuted.
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