Overview
- Prosecutor Marcelo Soto charged Lidia Mabel Ojeda with usurping a professional title, illegal practice of medicine, and homicide with probable intent over a patient who died on December 21 in Quitilipi.
- Hospital staff raised alarms after a nurse spotted basic medical errors, and Regional Health Director Orlando Di Núbila filed the police complaint that opened the case.
- Investigators say Ojeda used the MP 6822 license that belongs to Dr. Horacio Daniel Vázquez, along with fake papers, to work shifts in public hospitals.
- Police arrested her in Tres de Febrero after she fled, and her lawyers said she will not testify for now as officers reported seizing needles, IV sets, uniforms, and patient records in searches.
- Prosecutors are probing other deaths, including nine certificates she signed, and opposition lawmakers asked courts to examine the health minister’s role in how she was hired.