Saturday August 06, 2022 | 6:03 am.
After detecting that gastroenterologist Guillermo Eduardo Horrisberger continues to attend a private sanatorium in Eldorado, despite having been sentenced to two years in prison and special disqualification from practicing medicine for five years for a case of malpractice that led to the death of a patient, the head of the Prosecutor for Corrections and Minors One of Eldorado, Miguel Ángel Fretes, requested his immediate arrest and lodging in a penitentiary unit.
Sources consulted by El Territorio confirmed that the request was formulated after collecting a series of evidence that shows that the doctor continues to practice the profession, thus breaking the judicial disqualification, which is configured in a new crime typified as ” violation of judicial disqualification” provided for in article 281 bis of the National Penal Code and which provides for penalties of up to two years in prison.
The evidence that supports the request has to do with medical certificates made with his signature, with dates from this year and records of shifts issued in his name at the Buddenberg sanatorium in Eldorado. Coincidentally, the same medical center where in 2014 Horrisberger carried out a colonoscopic practice on Edith Gross (73), causing her death as a result of the application of unrequited medication.
The woman’s death was due to the application of the sedative Midazolam, the use of which would not have been recommended for the case and the practice, although it would also have been carried out without medical safety protocols and recommendations.
The complaint of that fact began the case for wrongful death investigated and brought to trial by the head of the Court of Instruction One of Eldorado, Roberto Saldaña, in May 2017. In parallel, the civil lawsuit ran.
In that instance, Horrisberger was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison and five years of disqualification from practicing the profession.