Scandal in Córdoba: Doctor Trucho adds a record and is even investigated for murder

CÓRDOBA.– The scandal over the fake doctor who joined the Emergency Operations Center (COE) of Río Cuarto, the entity responsible for designing and implementing strategies against Covid-19, continues to grow. Now it was known that Ignacio Martín, 19 years old, covered guards in that city’s municipal dispensaries and that on at least two occasions it has replaced health professionals who validate affidavits and assess those who they process the driver’s licenseIn addition, the judge today decided to investigate him for murder.

Martín, who has been detained since last week yesterday afternoon transferred to Rio Cuarto prisonThe young man, who claimed to be 24 years old, still does not explainedProsecutor Daniel Miralles is dealing with the two complaints accusing him of forgery and use of public documents and illegal practice of medicine. In addition, the chamber prosecutor, Julio Rivero, decided today that he is also being investigated for alleged murder: all complaints go to the prosecutor Pablo Jávega, who received the presentation of the deceased patient’s family.

The young man performed duties in the office of the Municipal Management Center of Banda Norte, where signed about 100 documents to get a driver’s licenseAs published by the news site Puntal, the council explained that he “provided services” in two interrupted days in November, when he received $ 2,000 a day. Any licenses delivered with your signature during the process will have to be redone as the insurers will not recognize them in case of claims.

Martín joined in May as COE volunteer; He was in Río Segundo going to Río Cuarto in September when the city recorded a major outbreak of Covid-19 cases. At the time, he was in charge of the Tactical Operations Center. He said he had recently obtained his medical degree, a profession he also attributed to his father. That too was a lie.

In addition to organizing patient transfers and meeting guards in the COE telephone service, visiting patientsIn November it started to provide services to the municipality; It was then – they were about to sign a contract for him – that the suspicions began and the council communicated with the Board of Physicians and the County. The documentation he had submitted was handed over to the Justice Department.

There are forms of municipal dispensaries showing that Martín treated 53 people in five days in December and even filled in and signed prescription drugs. It is also being investigated whether he has withdrawn medicines from the hospital of San Antonio de Padua and the municipality.

Gonzalo Parodi, councilor of Juntos por el Cambio, presented an extension of the complaint to also examine the responsibilities of those who allowed Martín to “deceive an entire public administration”. Said against THE NATION that all shouldn’t be reduced to what the false doctor did.

“He helped generate statistics that brought the city back to phase 1; It caused damage not only to health, but throughout life. There are those in charge who insist and must take the lead. It included medical guards and is listed on the municipality’s register of active providersHe was paid $ 80,000 for his guards. He’s prescribed it, and we also have records that he even attached a baby, ”he said.

He stressed that citizens should have been publicly warned “to see their doctor if they had been treated by this bogus professional.” He recalled that there are pictures of Martín with the province’s health minister, Diego Cardozo, and with the head of COE Río Cuarto, Sergio Almada, who took office in September.

Parodi confirmed that there is a family yesterday added another complaint: Martín changed the medication of a patient diagnosed with Covid-19 to register shortness of breathThe whole family swabbed and tested negative. Because the person was not getting better, they called their doctor, who upon examination discovered that he had clogged arteries and had been on bad medication.

On the same day Martín was arrested, a complaint for alleged malpractice was brought to court; presented by the family van a 29-year-old man who died caring for him, although they also – at his suggestion – called the emergency service. He even asked family members to resuscitate him. If the complaint is successful, the fake doctor could be charged with murder

“What I hope from Justice is that there are those responsible, not just this guy who made fun of everyone. It’s already happened to me, but I don’t want these things to happen again. Drop all responsible, ”Patricia, the patient’s mother, said in statements to El Doce. He even said that it was Martín who informed him of the death of his son.

‘What hurts me the most is that I trusted him and thanked him for his attentionAt that point you have so many mixed feelings … Until last week I started to see that this doctor was being talked about. When I saw the photo, I looked for information and they confirmed that it was the one who came, ”he described.

Before arriving at the COE, Martín he presented himself as a municipal inspector in the municipality of Córdoba; I had a permit and a vestThere are no legal complaints for this.

In addition, Teresita Murúa She explained that she went to court because in 2018 the young man said he wanted to help her cancel her credit cards after a theft she suffered. Instead, it created an online bank account, but ended up making transfers and purchases.