The man, known as the “corridor doctor”, and 69 years old, worked in the José Mármol area and practiced medicine using his brother’s license plate.
The office where he attended was located just 50 meters from the 9th Police Station.
The defendant had no relationship with his brother, with whom he had quarreled, and had only been a medical student without graduating.
In the trial that took place in the last few hours, several witnesses and patients who were treated with the now convicted testified.
After the first complaint, prosecutor Javier Martínez undertook an investigation and even police personnel showed up at his office, finding prescriptions, medications and even items such as a stethoscope.
“In relation to the crime of illegal exercise of medicine, at this point the agent’s malicious actions have been blatantly proven, since, as can be deduced from the record, he practiced the art of healing without title or authorization, diagnosing, prescribing, administering medicines to people for consideration, thus violating the protected legal interest,” the court said in its ruling.
“The illegal exercise of medicine is a crime of abstract danger, since it does not need to cause concrete or probable damage to a specific person, but rather protects the public health of people, which is compromised by the irresponsible exercise of those who do not have with a title issued by a competent authority for such purposes,” he added.
The false doctor was sentenced to one year in prison and for two years to submit to rules of conduct.
The now condemned had been detained in August of last year in the office located on Bynnon Street at 3179 José Marmol.
The search and arrest were ordered by the head of the Functional Unit of Instruction and Trial number 8 of the Judicial Department of Lomas de Zamora, specialized in economic crimes and institutional violence, Javier Gustavo Martínez.
Before carrying out the raid on the scene, the presence of several people who constantly attended the alleged doctor’s home and when leaving exhibited prescriptions and medical orders signed by the suspect was verified.
Once the police officers entered the home, they managed to arrest the man and seized several stamps with the label “doctor” and with a license plate number belonging to and registered in the name of another person, as well as free samples of medicines and various instruments.