The judge has provisionally released the 30-year-old woman arrested last Monday accused of impersonating a nurse and doctor in various health centers, including the Hospital de Berga (Barcelona), after having invoked today her right not to testify in court.
As reported by the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC), the investigating court number 1 of Berga (Barcelona) has agreed to provisionally release the woman, since none of the parties in the process have requested other measures, if well, it has imposed several precautionary measures, such as biweekly appearances, the withdrawal of the passport and the prohibition to leave the territory.
The Mossos d'Esquadra arrested the woman in Vic (Barcelona) last Monday night, since, despite not having a university degree to practice medicine, she allegedly posed as a nurse and doctor in various health centers, including the Berga Hospital (Barcelona), where he worked for seven months in the emergency room, and the Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona.
The court keeps the case open for the crimes of intrusion, document falsification and usurpation of civil status.
The manager of the Berga Hospital reported to the Mossos on Thursday of last week that from December 2022 until the middle of this month of July they had a doctor who did not have the required qualification in the emergency department.
The hospital was put on alert after a preventive health services company, where the fake doctor had looked for work, warned them about the possible falsehood..
According to the Mossos, when the personnel responsible for the Berga Hospital requested the documentation, the woman only showed a screenshot with a collegiate number and two photographs dressed as a doctor, after which they informed her that on December 20, 2022 She could join as a doctor in the Hospital's emergency department and they asked her to provide the paper documentation when she could..
Finally, when the Hospital discovered in the middle of this month of July that the woman was not included in the database of the College of Physicians, they opened a disciplinary file for a very serious offense and suspended her from her duties.. The Mossos are now investigating how many health centers the woman could have worked in.
In this case, the Hospital de Berga has admitted “important irregularities” in the hiring procedure of the false doctor and has fired the director of the Human Resources Department of the center.
The Official College of Physicians of Barcelona (COMB) and the Official College of Nurses of Barcelona (COIB) have announced that they will appear as private prosecutors when the legal case against the false doctor is opened.