Commotion in Portugal for a baby born without eyes or nose or part of the skull

Rodrigo was born on October 7 at the San Bernardo de Setúbal Hospital, 50 kilometers from Lisbon. Only his parents, Marlene Simao and David Ribeiro, they discovered the malformations in their head, reported the Spanish website ABC.

The baby had to be fed by tube during the first two weeks of his life, but finally he managed to learn how to suck and breathe on his own, reports the Portuguese website TVI24.

Marlene was cared for throughout her pregnancy by obstetrician Artur Carvalho at San Bernardo Public Hospital.

During the last trimester of her pregnancy, she and her partner turned to a private health center for a 5D ultrasound that showed that there was something wrong with the baby.

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Marlene and David shared a photo with Rodrigo

Paradoxically Carvalho would be shareholder and manager of the Eco Sado Center, where the couple went for a 5D ultrasound, the site reported ABC.

The prospective parents showed the study to Carvalho, but he rejected it, we still do not know why. After the birth of Rodrigo Five other complaints of negligence revealing that the doctor had neglected health problems in fetuses

Such was the case of Luana, a girl born without chin and legs upside down, and that of Afonso, who He died at four months following a heart problem which has not been detected in prenatal checks.

Simao, who spends 24 hours a day with the cradle of his son in a medical center in Lisbon, shared a photo of his baby on social networks and spread the case in the form of a complaint against the doctor.

Carvalho is the subject of three separate investigations: one of the official college of doctors of Protugal, another promoted by the Ministry of Health and the one ordered by the hospital service of Setúbal.