The National Court confirms the verdict against surgeon Carlos Arzuza for causing the death of two patients

With a firm belief in him, Azuza found himself Baptism of sentence at the Gustavo Andrea Penitentiary in La Vallewhich is an institutionally open accommodation center. This is because, as confirmed by judicial sources, he received the benefit of temporary absence for 12 hours every 21 days. He will be released from prison on December 2, 2027.

Serious complaint. Doctor Azuza (left). Prosecutor Claudia Rios (right) during the raid.

Azuza was convicted of professional malpractice as he was performing surgery on his penis when his clinic was raided.

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Carlos Arzuza is a surgeon who sees and performs surgeries at a clinic at 388 Alem Street, a few meters from the Central Hospital. The venue is not authorizedbut the data appeared after December 2016. On the second day of the month, His patient, Isabel Beatriz Gattari (48), came here for lumbar liposuction, lipectomy and buttock implants.

A few hours later, she was discharged from the hospital and returned to her home on Urquiza Street, Guaymarén. His health began to deteriorate, manifested mainly by severe pain. Five days after the surgery, Azuza visited her and gave her pain medication, but minutes later the woman died of a pulmonary thromboembolism.

Two days after the death of the deceased, Prosecutor Claudia Rios He led a raid on a secret clinic. He saw a strange scene: Azuza is undergoing penis enlargement surgery and getting some stitches. And his partner, Laura Dutta, who was also eventually charged but acquitted at trial. They were drugged, apparently with opium.

The place is in terrible condition: There are even some empanadas in the oven, used to sterilize surgical instruments.

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In 2019, the surgeon went on trial. Convicted of Betty cat They sentenced him to four years in prison for manslaughter, a negligent act, with the same level of intent to which Dr. Lotocki had been sentenced in Buenos Aires.

Prosecutor Rios appeals ruling He managed to get the Supreme Court to change the classification to simple homicide, with the ultimate intention – from 8 years in prison to 25 years in prison. In other words, the doctor knew at the time of the operation that he was doing it without the necessary conditions and knew that it would be fatal to the victim, so he continued his behavior in the same way.

Based on this new figure, the case went back to the court of first instance, which convicted him last December. Up to 10 years’ imprisonment. As the surgeon had previously been sentenced to four and a half years in prison, this sentence was combined to 11 years in prison. Death of Roberto Del Barcoa businessman On July 15, 2013, she underwent liposuction surgery at Excellar Clinic but died when anesthesia was administered without an anaesthetist present.