Overview
- - Authorities named the suspect as Lidia Mabel Ojeda, a 43-year-old plastic arts teacher, and issued a provincial capture order as she remains on the run.
- - Investigators say she used another physician’s professional registration number to cover guard shifts in the Quitilipi and Presidencia de la Plaza hospitals and to sign official paperwork.
- - The regional health director reported she signed nine death certificates, prompting prosecutors to review whether any fatalities link to her decisions or drug orders.
- - A police search of a home in Sáenz Peña found syringes, surgical blades, IV sets, uniforms, patient documents, and burned paper fragments with Health Ministry seals tied to the Quitilipi hospital.
- - The case is filed for usurpation of title and illegal medical practice, and prosecutors say charges could escalate to homicide if audits show her actions caused deaths, pushing hospitals to tighten license checks.