Overview
- A Valencia judge released the 43-year-old anesthetist after his court appearance, citing no risk of flight or evidence tampering.
- Police had arrested him on Wednesday on suspected offenses including negligent homicide, injuries, omission of assistance, public health crimes and theft.
- The clinic owner, 50, was detained the same day on suspicion of omission of assistance and offenses against public health, then released from police custody pending proceedings.
- Homicide detectives and health inspectors searched the Alzira clinic and the anesthetist’s home, seized sedatives and documents, and are tracing drug lots as part of the judicial case under Court No. 5 of Alzira.
- The six-year-old patient died on November 20 after treatment at the clinic, while a four-year-old treated the same day was discharged from Hospital Clínico de Valencia on December 2.