Police arrest fake doctor who has been attending children 2 years in the Amazon

In Amazonas, civil police of the 1st Integrated Police District (DIP) arrested, on Tuesday (29), a 28-year-old man who was passing by a doctor in the Metropolitan Region of Manaus (AM).

THE fake doctor It must be responsible for illegal exercise of medicine, ideological falsehood, estelionate against vulnerable, false identity and falsification of medical certificate.

The investigation showed that the false doctor worked illegally for at least two years, especially in care for children. The “doctor” presented himself as a pediatrician and orthopedist doctor, and was part of the volunteer body of a foundation that carried out free medical care in the region.

The arrest took place in Parque Dez de Novembro neighborhood, south-central Manaus (AM) and was the result of Operation Hippocrates, which was launched on this date from an investigation of about 30 days after a anonymous denunciation .

From then on, we started a thorough work of gathering information. We managed, through the analysis of the investigated social networks, to identify even some patients who were treated by him. We contacted these victims, who confirmed they had taken their children for consultations with the false professional

Cícero Túlio, holder of the 1st DIP

The Civil Police represented the court for the pre -trial detention of the man, as well as a search warrant and seizure at his residence and a charity in which he participated as a “volunteer doctor”.

“Now we will deepen the investigations to identify other people involved in this criminal scheme, especially any doctors who were aware of the investigated’s technical disability and yet allowed him to perform care in his names,” added Cicero Túlio.

The Civil Police also investigate the possible participation of accomplices, including health professionals who may have facilitated the performance of the false doctor in health units.

He co -opted patients both during these charity care As for a health network, where they obtained information about patients and later made contact offering specialized care, ”explained the delegate.

The man had passed through the police in 2020. At the time, he was arrested for passing by the Armed Forces official, using Lieutenant’s uniform and answered for false identity.

This content was originally published in police holds a fake doctor who has been attending children 2 years in the Amazon on the CNN Brazil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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