Portuguese medical authorities have suspended an obstetrician accused of failing to detect abnormalities in a baby born without a face.<\/p>\n
The 2-week-old infant, identified only as Rodrigo, does not have a nose or eyes and is missing part of his skull.<\/p>\n
The parents of baby Rodrigo had not been aware of their son’s severe physical abnormalities until he was born earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Medical council officials have voted to suspend Dr Artur Carvalho over allegations of negligence.<\/p>\n
It has emerged that Dr. Artur Carvalho performed four ultrasounds on the mother and dismissed concerns during the last one that parts of the face were not visible.<\/p>\n
Numerous other parents have since come forward with complaints that Carvalho did not inform them of birth defects while they were pregnant. Carvalho has not commented.<\/p>\n
Dr Carvalho has not commented publicly on any of the allegations and the BBC has been unable to reach him directly.<\/p>\n
The growing scandal has sparked outrage in Portugal. It has raised questions about how the country’s health system works, as well as procedures for complaints.<\/p>\n
Miguel Guimar\u00e3es, president of Portugal’s medical association (Ordem dos M\u00e9dicos), last week gave a press conference where he said he had directly contacted Dr Carvalho, given the “social alarm” caused by the case.<\/p>\n
The doctor, he said, had agreed to stop performing procedures while investigations continued.<\/p>\n
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