A plastic surgeon was taken to a makeshift prison this Saturday after being arrested by the National Police as a suspected perpetrator of a sexual assault on a patient. The case came to light after two nurses at the private IMED Virgen de la Fuensanta Hospital in Murcia noticed unusual behavior by the doctor during a breast enlargement operation, prompting them to record the scene with a mobile phone and alert the center’s management. As EFE reports, the hospital management brought the matter to the attention of the National Police, who arrested the doctor after locating him in Alicante.
The IMED Virgen de la Fuensanta Hospital has stated that the surgeon is not on its staff but has rented the operating room to operate on a patient from his private practice in Alicante. Both the hospital center and the IMED Hospitales group have emphasized in separate statements that they reported the incidents, showed their support to the professionals who discovered the attack and expressed their full cooperation with the authorities and the judicial system to resolve the incident. In addition, they have announced that they are considering appearing in court given the seriousness of the incident, EFE reports.
Investigations revealed that the sexual assault occurred while the patient was anesthetized in the operating room. The two nurses present noticed “strange movements” from the surgeon that were not consistent with medical procedure and decided to film the scene. In the video, as published The opinion of MurciaYou can see how the doctor supposedly penetrates the motionless patient under the effect of sedation. After informing the hospital management, the nurses contacted the police, who referred the case to the Murcia Region Family and Women Care Unit (UFAM). Officers located and arrested the suspect at his mother’s home in Alicante province.
The Molina de Segura court, which is responsible for violence against women, has taken over the investigation. Both the two nurses and the victim have already made statements to the investigating judge. For his part, the detainee, with the support of his lawyers, exercised his right not to testify. In view of this, the judge ordered an interim term of imprisonment for the defendant, which will be notified and leave no bail There is a risk of escapesince the headquarters of his clinic is in Madrid and, as reported, is of foreign origin The opinion of Murcia.
The examined surgeon, who has already been detained by court order, has a 15-year career in the field of plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, according to information that he himself has disseminated in his professional profiles on the Internet. According to his own information, the doctor is a member of the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (Secpre), the Spanish Society of Plastic Aesthetic Surgery (Aecep) and the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS). He has carried out procedures in private hospitals in the Region of Murcia, the Community of Valencia and the Community of Madrid, where he also carried out a consultation. In the digital sphere, the doctor was very active on social networks, where he accumulated almost 7,500 followers on Instagram and often posted videos of his surgical procedures and explanations of the procedures he performed.
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