Investigated by the Civil Police for medical negligence and errorthe surgeon João Couto Neto is a recognized professional of Novo Hamburgo, city of Rio Grande do Sul with about 250 thousand inhabitants.
Active on social media, he promoted his work and was also highly regarded in comments and reviews.
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For delegate Tarcísio Lobato Kaltbach, the doctor caused several patient deaths, the result of “disastrous interventions with refinements of cruelty and inhumanity in the post-surgical treatment of patients with total disregard for health”.
The practitioner is accused by the patients of having caused serious injuries to the organs of the body, usually the intestine. THE Civil police received a total of 73 cases, 18 with death.
different versions
João Couto Neto has a medical degree and is a specialist in General Surgery and Digestive System. He said he has been performing operations since 2000. João Couto Neto is president of the Sociedade Médica do Hospital Regina, the same health unit where the procedures under investigation took place.
Since the allegations against the doctor were published in the press, reports of former patients dissatisfied with the doctor’s conduct have sprung up on social networks, but there are also those who defend the professional and claim to have had a good result in carrying out the procedures with he .
charitable actions
The doctor also used social networks to show beneficial and beneficial actions. In 2019, the surgeon helped perform a free operation on an 18-year-old who dreamed of serving in the military but had a sliding hiatus hernia. The professional also helped organize basic food basket deliveries.
In one publication, he claimed to have performed the first 3D surgery in Vale dos Sinos. The operation took place on April 11, 2018 for the removal of a gigantic 6 cm stone.
João Couto is a well-known professional of the city. In 2015, for example, he appeared in the social column of local news vehicle Jornal NH.
The doctor still uses social media to showcase his hobby. He is an “off road” practitioner, sports activities carried out with vehicles on unpaved and difficult to access roads.
last message
On December 12, the date on which the judicial having determined the ban on João Couto from practicing his profession for six months, the doctor published his years of experience on social networks.
“Being a doctor is always a great challenge. We are fully aware and confident that we are practicing medicine for the best health of patients,” wrote the surgeon.
“And with this responsibility and maturity, we feel comfortable saying that we have performed more than 20,000 surgeries and procedures over the past 19 years, abiding by the highest medical precepts, honoring this profession which is the best translation of my life,” he also wrote the doctor.
The report seeks to locate the defense of João Couto and contacted the number he communicated on his social networks.
