Uruguay
Medical Ethics Tribunal declined to process a complaint against Cristina Lustemberg
The filing had been made by the parents of Soledad Barrera following the reduction of the disqualification imposed on anesthesiologist Inés Miralles. The decision was taken by majority vote.
The Medical Ethics Tribunal decided not to proceed with the complaint filed against Public Health Minister Cristina Lustemberg over her actions linked to the case of anesthesiologist Inés Miralles, as reported by El País and noted by La Diaria.
The complaint had been brought by Rosario Barrera and Néstor Núñez, parents of the late 41-year-old pediatrician Soledad Barrera. The filing challenged the minister’s decision to reduce Miralles’s disqualification from five years to three.
According to the published information, the Honorary Public Health Commission had initially decided on a five-year sanction for the professional. After a challenge filed by the anesthesiologist, the case was referred to Lustemberg, who, with advice from the ministry’s legal department, decided to reduce the penalty.
The tribunal’s ruling was approved by majority vote with the votes of physicians Diana Domenech, Hugo Rodríguez and Álvaro Giordano. By contrast, Gerardo Eguren and Fernando Repetto spoke in favor of the investigation moving forward.
According to the grounds cited by La Diaria, the tribunal relied on a 2018 precedent concerning a complaint against a deputy minister of state. That appellate ruling held that those accused had acted as authorities of the Ministry of Public Health and the Executive Branch, and not in the practice of the medical profession.
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About this article. Written by El Notero with the assistance of artificial intelligence, based on what was published by the cited outlet. El Notero did not conduct its own reporting on this event.
