2024-01-13 15:30:00
The denialist doctor Nadiya Popel has been charged by an investigative court and is accused of committing a crime once morest public health. The complaint, filed by the Official College of Physicians of the Balearic Islands (Comib), maintains that Popel administered toxic productsmainly chlorine dioxide, to patients with serious oncological conditions, following falsely arguing that these treatments might improve the cancer.
According to the complaint, the doctor took advantage of his medical position and the “vulnerability and desperation” of patients to convince them of the supposed benefits of chlorine dioxide treatments. The accusation includes photographs and videos shared by Popel herself on several Telegram channels, where she is seen applying chlorine dioxide to patients in her private practice. without proper asepsis measureseven without gloves.
Chlorine dioxide can be lethal depending on the dose
One of the graphic evidence shows the accused treating a woman with chlorine dioxide. patient with breast cancer in serious condition while using a “totally prohibited” product. Furthermore, among the multiple tests there is another video document that portrays the same procedure with a patient who suffered terminal skin cancer.
The Comib has documented that the accused sold its products through the Movimiento Asistencia Integral platformwithout having legal authorization and posing a danger to the health of patients.
He chlorine dioxidepromoted as universal solution during the pandemiclacks scientific foundation and can be lethal at certain doses, causing vomiting, injuries and long-term consequences. For this reason, the complaint highlights the lack of scientific support for the therapeutic and preventive claims of this substance.
The Comib initially filed the complaint in Palma, but it was sent to Maó, where preliminary proceedings have been initiated and Popel has been summoned to declare on February 8. In parallel, both the IB-Salut and the Comib have undertaken sanctioning procedures once morest Popelwho practices as an emergency doctor in Maó, which might result in her exclusion from the medical profession and the loss of her job.
Expulsion from Comib for violating the code of ethics
For this same reason, the Comib had already agreed to the provisional expulsion from the institution of the accused last September, “for repeatedly violating the Code of Medical Ethics,” as indicated by the organization itself in a statement.
It had been as a result of the fact that the doctor, of Ukrainian origin and baptized by the press as ‘Doctor Lejía’, was reported by a patient at the beginning of that same month, also for having prescribed chloride dioxide and baths with hydrogen peroxide to treat a case of candidiasis, supposedly. The User Service of the Mateu Orfila Hospital registered the complaint, which was processed by the Menorca Health Area.
The eprovisional expulsion of the Comib brings with it the absolute prohibition of the practice of Medicine and loss of rights inherent to membership. For the Board of Directors of the institution, Popel’s “repeated behavior” “is not in accordance with the ethical and deontological values of the medical profession.”
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