Professional was removed from his duties in the municipal health network after complaint and video recording during consultation
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The doctor worked in the Diadema municipal health network via an outsourced company and is the target of investigation for sexual harassment.
According to information obtained by TV Globo, the patient recorded the service. In the images, the doctor appears passing his hand over the woman's back and buttocks during the consultation.
The professional, who worked as a cardiologist in the municipal health network through an outsourced company, was immediately removed from his duties after the complaint and arrest.
The doctor was arrested in the 1st Police District of Diadema, and the case is investigated by the city's Women's Defense Police Station (DDM).
The Diadema Women's Defense Police Station (DDM) is also investigating another similar complaint involving the same doctor. According to the delegate responsible for the case, the conduct is being investigated as sexual harassment, not rape, because, according to the information gathered so far, there was no violence or serious threat on the part of the professional.
The police ask that other possible victims of the professional contact DDM in Diadema to register complaints and assist in the investigations.
According to his professional CV, Leandro graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Ufes) in 1986 and declared that he completed a residency in internal medicine and cardiology between 1987 and 1990, in addition to postgraduate studies in cardiology at the Instituto do Coração (InCor), at the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine at USP.
According to information obtained by TV Globo, the professional has the title of specialist in cardiology, but did not register the specialist qualification (RQE) with the Regional Council of Medicine.
The RQE is the registration used by medical councils to formally recognize the qualification of a doctor in a given specialty.
In a statement, Diadema City Hall regretted what happened, expressed solidarity with the patient and stated that it does not tolerate any form of violence against women.
"The municipal administration reinforces that it does not condone any form of violence or aggression of any nature against women. Following the complaint and the arrest of the accused, the professional was immediately removed from providing services to the municipality", he informed.
Integralidade Médica, the company responsible for the professional, also confirmed the dismissal. In a statement sent to the São Paulo Association for the Development of Medicine (SPDM), the company informed that it became aware of the police incident on Thursday (12) and that it will keep the doctor away until the facts are clarified.
The company also stated that it does not condone acts that violate medical ethics or people's personal and sexual freedom.
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Investigation of new allegations by DDM of Diadema
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