Cuban man could be punished for preventing patient's death.
The Regional Council of Medicine (Cremers) in the Campanha Region is questioning a doctor from the Mais Médicos program for "irregular care," since he was only authorized to work in health centers; he was urgently called by a hospital due to the absence of a doctor on duty; because of this, he risks being removed from the program.
247 - The Regional Council of Medicine (Cremers) in the Campanha Region is questioning a Cuban doctor for "irregular medical care".
The doctor from the Mais Médicos program was called in by the management of the Candiota Hospital because the on-call doctor was late and there was a patient in serious condition waiting for treatment.
According to medical entities, professionals participating in the federal government program can only work in health centers. Because of this, the Cuban doctor risks being disqualified from the program.
The municipality of Candiota says that the Cuban doctor received authorization from the city's Health Department to treat the patient because it was a life-threatening case.