Three Doctors Were Charged with Culpable Homicide in Viedma: They Did Not Diagnose Appendicitis on Time

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Gloria Jara Guerrero, a 59-year-old lawyer and former head of the National Prison Procuración in Viedma, died more than a year ago and the Rionegrina justice charged the three doctors who attended her at the Zatti Artémides Hospital for alleged malpractice. Jara Guerrero died in September 2024 as a result of acute abdominal pain that, according to the fiscal accusation, was not correctly diagnosed in time. This week, at the indictment hearing, t…

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Canal C Homicide blamed for malpractice: three doctors are charged Three doctors from the Zatti Artémides Hospital in Viedma were charged with culpable homicide following the death of Gloria Jara Guerrero, a 59-year-old lawyer and former head of the National Prison Procuración in that city. The woman died in September 2024 for an undiagnosed appendicitis, according to local media VDM Noticias. The prosecution accused Maiana Luz González (35), Va…

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Three doctors at Artémides Zatti Hospital in Viedma were charged with the crime of manslaughter in the framework of a judicial investigation for the death of a patient. According to the prosecution, the cause of death was peritonitis derived from acute appendicitis that was not diagnosed or treated in time.

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A surgeon and two resident professionals at Artémides Zatti Hospital in Viedma, Rio Negro, were charged with the crime of manslaughter after the death of a patient at the end of September. The woman died after developing peritonitis caused by an undiagnosed acute appendicitis in time. The prosecution charge stated that one of the resident doctors was pointed out for not having provided adequate care during the guard, granting medical discharge w…