Almost five years following the death of a woman due to malpractice, the Superior Court of Justice of Chaco ratified the sentence once morest the doctor sentenced to three years in prison and 10 years of disqualification from practicing medicine for the crimes of manslaughter and culpable injury.
This is the obstetrician Carlos Fernández Fernández Torres who on April 7, 2017 intervened in the caesarean section of Cecilia Aquino, who following discharge suffered from a generalized infection that led to her death seven days following the operation.
In the file processed before the Correctional Court Number 1, in charge of Silvina Morando, another complaint was included once morest the professional for wrongful injuries for an intervention executed on January 30, 2014
The professional provided services at the Surgical Medical Center located on Avenida 9 de Julio 1698, where the cesarean section was performed and in the trial it was possible to prove that there was malpractice, which led the doctor to accept the acknowledgment of responsibility in a short trial.
The legal information was released by the lawyer Juan Ignacio Diaz, sponsor of Milton Adriel Schwindt, husband of Cecilia Aquino, who became a private plaintiff in the case of malpractice.
He also narrated that Aquino “died on April 14 around 5:40 in the morning. The diagnosis that is seen in the expertise is “a totally generalized infection”. Could this be avoided? Of course, yes, and that was shown in the trial, ”said the lawyer.
With all the background of the case in the judicial process, it was possible to demonstrate the guilt of the professional who accepted his responsibility, which is why he was sentenced with the aforementioned penalty on May 28, 2020.
He also confirmed that the maximum sentence provided for these cases was requested, which was granted by the Justice. It is worth noting that the doctor’s defense filed an appeal to challenge the ruling on the grounds that it was not sufficiently founded, an appeal that was rejected by the court on March 23, 2022. Therefore, the Justice decided to declare the claim inadmissible under because Fernández Torres admitted his guilt in the abbreviated trial process that led to his conviction.
