The faceless baby: born with no eyes, no nose and no part of the skull and discovered a terrible medical negligence

Rodrigo's name goes around the world. It's about a baby who born without eyes, nose and part of the skull. The case caused a scandal of negligence in Portugal after learning that the obstetrician who attended the pregnancy – and did not detect malformations – exercised despite four open disciplinary proceedings.

The case of "baby without a face" He met Thursday and the prosecutor's office of this country has already investigated this case, which comes after a "complaint filed by the mother".

According to the story of the baby 's family, the same parents were cared for throughout the pregnancy by the same obstetrician in a private clinic where up to three ultrasounds were performed, without the specialist' s being sure. be seen. defects in the fetus

The situation became more strange when the parents made a Ultrasound 5G in another clinic, where they were alerted that everything was not going well.

The family said they gave this report to the obstetrician, who depreciated it and made sure there was no problem.

But the reality was very different when Rodrigo was born on October 7 at São Bernardo Hospital, located in the city of Setúbal, south of Lisbon, where it was found that the baby had neither eyes nor nose and that this part of the skull also had faded away.

The doctors then gave a forecast of a few hours of life to the boy. However, he remains alive under surveillance.

In the midst of lawsuits, the scandal surrounding the case escalated after it was learned that the specialist attending the delivery had already been denounced.

Indeed, according to sources of medical centers, EFE, the doctor has four disciplinary procedures open to the College of Physicians.

The President of the College of Physicians, Miguel Guimarães, publicly expressed his "solidarity" with the baby's family and said that, "given the seriousness of the facts", he sought clarification from the head of the competent disciplinary council.