Child circumcisions, unsupervised administration of anesthetics, and a makeshift clinic in the heart of Trentino. It was under these conditions, according to the Carabinieri of the NAS (National Anti-Mafia Unit) in Trento, that a family doctor allegedly turned his office into an illegal operating room.
The man was arrested and placed under house arrest on charges of performing dozens of unauthorized operations on minors, many of whom were of foreign origin.
The investigations, coordinated by the Trento District Attorney's Office, have reconstructed an activity that has been going on since at least 2022 .
Over these three years, the doctor allegedly performed approximately forty circumcisions, including on children from outside the region. The operations were performed in his clinic, which lacked any medical authorization and lacked hygiene.
According to what has emerged, what made the matter even more serious was the involvement of the doctor's children, who helped him during the operations despite not having any qualifications to practice nursing .
The procedures, described by investigators as "absolutely inadequate," caused complications in several cases requiring emergency transport to the emergency room. In one case, a child was hospitalized for benzodiazepine intoxication, a drug the doctor allegedly administered in excessive doses to calm the child during the operation.
During the searches, the military seized the clinic and found a bed with restraint straps, an electric scalpel, packages of anesthetics and benzodiazepines, as well as a receipt and a business card advertising circumcisions.
The Prosecutor's Office ordered the precautionary seizure of the office and the reporting of the adult son for practicing medicine without authorization.
(Unioneonline/Fr.Me.)
