Global Courant 2023-04-14 10:02:46
María Teresa Tordoya Rojas, 61 years old and a Bolivian national, attended with the name, license plate and title of a professional whose personal data had been stolen.
A 61-year-old fake doctor of Bolivian nationality was arrested on Wednesday night after it was found that she was illegally practicing the profession in various specialties, including gynecology, obstetrics and general clinic. She attended with the name, license plate and title of a professional whose personal data she had stolen.
The defendant, identified as María Teresa Tordoya Rojas, worked in two clinics: one located in the town of San Justo, La Matanza district, and the other in Guernica, President Perón’s district.
Detectives from the Division of Crimes against Public Health carried out three raids. In the first, the suspect was detained just as she was treating a patient at a health center called “+ Vida.”
They arrested a fake doctor in San Justo: she prescribed drugs that were contraindicated for pregnant women. Photo: Argentine Federal Police.
The second operation was at the “Sanitas” comprehensive clinic, where apocryphal stamps were seized, while the last one was at the woman’s house, where they seized records, prescriptions, medical records, medical records and 571,100 pesos in cash.
The defendant was transferred, together with the kidnapped elements, to the Federal Investigations Superintendency, where she remains in a dungeon at the disposal of Justice and awaiting the progress of the case.
He prescribed drugs that were contraindicated for pregnant women
Luciana, a pregnant woman who had a consultation with the false doctor, recounted the dangerous situation that she experienced last Monday: “I went for the beginning of the flu and she treated me in a fairly light way. She prescribed a medicine with a seal that was not her’s”.
From there she went with the prescription to a pharmacy, where they warned her of the risk involved in taking that medication while pregnant: “They told me that they couldn’t give me that because pregnant women can’t take it. I told her that the mother had prescribed it for me. doctor, but they wouldn’t let me buy it.”
The prescription that the false doctor gave to the young pregnant woman.
“I thank the girl at the pharmacy for not selling me the medicine. You come trusting to a place where they are supposed to medicate you correctly, you arrive looking for a solution and now you find out about this, ”she continued in dialogue with TN.
And he closed: “I could have taken the medication he prescribed and I could have lost my baby or that he was born with problems in the future.”
A similar precedent in Lomas de Zamora
On February 8, a 27-year-old woman who posed as a doctor was arrested at the Gandulfo de Lomas de Zamora Hospital, when she was inside the hospital’s shock room, dressed in a characteristic ambo and had several medical orders from different patients. in his power. But she was a trout
They arrested a trout doctor in Lomas de Zamora.
The false doctor usurped a title and began to be investigated after a complaint from the real health professional of General Rodríguez, who also practiced at Vicente López, who accused her of practicing illegal medicine after stealing her license plate.
The false professional could face charges for the crimes of “usurpation of titles and honors and illegal practice of medicine.” It was also found that she was not studying medicine either and there is no record that she has ventured into any study.
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