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Police Dismantle Illegal Home-Care Medical Network in Buenos Aires Province

The probe began with a family complaint over a fatal misdiagnosis linked to a private ambulance visit.

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La Policía de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires desmanteló una red de atención médica ilegal tras la muerte de una mujer víctima de mala praxis.
La Policía de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires desmanteló una red de atención médica ilegal tras la muerte de una mujer víctima de mala praxis.
La Policía de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires desmanteló una red de atención médica ilegal tras la muerte de una mujer víctima de mala praxis.

Overview

  • Investigators carried out three simultaneous raids in Presidente Perón, La Plata’s Villa Elvira and Magdalena, including a property in Guernica.
  • Authorities say the at-home service operated using the borrowed stamp of a licensed physician from Magdalena, who was identified and imputed and could lose his license.
  • Police seized computers, credentials, presumed fake certificates, prescription pads, extensive documentation and stamps from multiple doctors.
  • Three people were identified and imputed on counts that include asociación ilícita, abandono de persona, ejercicio ilegal de la medicina, estafa and usurpación de títulos.
  • The case is being led by Fiscalía Penal, Contravencional y de Faltas N°25, with the raids authorized by Juzgado Penal, Contravencional y de Faltas N°2, and proceedings remain ongoing.