Overview

• Policía Nacional detained a 54-year-old surgeon after his father, in his 90s, died of sepsis days after the doctor amputated several toes at home.
• The investigating judge imputed the physician for homicidio por imprudencia and released him on provisional liberty, as prosecutors did not seek pretrial detention.
• A forensic report will determine if the home amputation triggered the infection, with the judicial inquiry and police investigation still underway.
• The patient returned to his nursing home with bandaged feet, was admitted to Hospital de Sant Joan, then transferred to Hospital General de Alicante, where he died.
• The Alicante medical college opened informational proceedings and emphasized presumption of innocence, while reports note two adolescent children were present and the doctor told police he had performed a similar amputation in June.