“On the legal side, it is a criminal offense, on the moral side, it is insult and evil. It was a shock to us all. That activity was not related to his work activities, he was engaged in it at home, but even in the scariest dreams it would not be possible to think about it, ”said the head of Kaunas Clinic of Children’s Diseases, Prof. Rimantas Kėvalas.
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According to him, once a court decision has been made on such activities, the doctor will never be able to work with children again, which is limited by the Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Child. It is true that the court did not apply such a sanction in the judgment.
On the moral side, this is insignificance and evil.
“I am convinced that he will not be able to work with children in the future. Not only as a pediatrician, but also in any social work, charity related to children will not be able to work. He shouldn’t and can’t work, “the professor assured.
R. Kėvalas thinks that VA performed his duties as a doctor well, but he was killed by “such passion”.
VA worked in Kaunas clinics for less than two years, having recently completed a residency. According to R. Kėvalas, he worked with a small workload – initially he worked a quarter of the time, then he “contributed” half of the time.
“He was a pediatrician. It was necessary to assess the patient who had arrived, to determine what tests needed to be performed, to evaluate them, to prescribe treatment, to place the child in a hospital or to take him home, ”R. Kėvalas said in the clinic.
Asked if he had to talk to VA in person when it turned out, or if he had excused him for doing so, the professor replied in the negative – VA had just come to the workplace to collect items, while the professor was on holiday.
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“Neither Kaunas Clinic nor we knew about the initiated pre-trial investigation. We only found out after receiving the court order. Bad (for not reporting suspicion – aut. Past). However, some action can only be taken once the court decision has taken effect. Due to the suspicion that something can be done, I do not know whether the lawyers of Kaunas clinics could have taken any action.
I would first appeal to his own conscience. If I got involved in such things, I think I should have informed at least me – the direct supervisor, ”assured the head of the Children’s Disease Clinic.
Nothing stood out
R. Kėvalas stated that he had no suspicions about such a criminal tendency of his colleague – VA was an inseparable colleague, initially working as a resident for 4 years, later – as a doctor for almost two years.
Asked how he assessed the sentence imposed by the court – a fine of several thousand euros – he assured him that it was incomprehensible to him personally: “The only word I can say is incomprehensible. As a man, as a doctor, as a father of three daughters, it is incomprehensible. “
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Doesn’t the professor have any suspicions about the real intentions of the VA in choosing the profession of pediatrician? After all, VA has been interested in pornography for almost two decades.
“It simply came to our notice then. The doctor alone never works without the parents and the nursing staff, after all, there are a lot of residents with us, ”R. Kėvalas replied, emphasizing that this is the first case in the Children’s Disease Clinic, which currently employs about 300 people, and he hopes that last.
“I have been working for 36 years. It was very, very unexpected, unpleasant for me and, frankly, very disgusting, – admitted R. Kėvalas, however, who offered to separate the work and personal activities of VA – the criminal actions of a colleague have nothing to do with his work. – In his spare time, he could rob apartments or steal cars. It is his free time, but that his free time has fallen into the criminal area of responsibility. I don’t think we should take so much responsibility for what we do in our spare time. “
When asked whether another doctor had already taken over his workload after dismissing VA, R. Kėvalas assured that there was no shortage of people willing to work – other young colleagues joined.
Sent off the same day
15min recalls that after the Kaunas County Police circulated a report on 11 November that the Kaunas District Court had convicted the pediatrician VA, born in 1989, of Kaunas clinics, the former employer of the offender, a medical institution, soon responded.
Her spokeswoman said the convicted doctor was fired the same day.
VA was found guilty of detecting pornographic material depicting sexually exploited children between the ages of 6 and 16 on its computer – 1 video and 126 photos (showing their genitals, having sex with them vaginally, anally, orally) .
The study found that a pediatrician often visited online resources that contained pornographic material with depicted children. He admitted that he started visiting pornographic websites in his youth 19 years ago.
In the interest of illegal content, the VA repeatedly tried to access police resources known and blocked by the police, was warned about the intention to access unauthorized information (a “STOP POLICE” warning popped up), but did not stop such activities.
During the investigation, the doctor pleaded guilty and regretted the court’s fine by a third to € 3,400.
The court found Kaunas physician guilty of a criminal offense provided for in Article 309 of the Criminal Code. 2 d. (for possession of pornographic content), fined and confiscated the tool of the crime – computer equipment.
The doctor was sentenced to up to four years in prison for this crime.
The judgment is no longer subject to appeal.
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