The former head of the presidential medical unit, Federico Saavedrawas presented this morning, minutes after 10, in the Federal Prosecutor Ramiro GonzalezThe doctor was summoned to testify as a witness in the case of gender violence against former President Alberto Fernández, after the Complaint by former First Lady Fabiola Yañez.
The lawyer was targeted after an alleged prescription of arnica globules that he made to Yanez to treat a bruise on his eye and that the complainant He attributed it to his ex-partner. Saavedra should Answer more than 100 questions under oath.
The summons of the presidential doctor in the case against Alberto Fernández
In his capacity as former head of the Federico Saavedra presidential medical unit, the doctor appeared to testify as witness in the Yañez case against the former president for gender violenceSaavedra appeared before González’s prosecutor’s office this morning, a few minutes after 10.
The Justice summoned declare to the doctor for his alleged participation in the episodes of violence that the former first lady would have suffered, in which he is pointed out by having hidden one of Fernández’s attacksIn particular, Yañez stated that the health specialist prescribed arnica globules to treat a bruise on her eye that she attributed to blows from the former president.
In total, Saavedra will have to answer a question of more than 100 points under oathThe prosecutor prepared 98 questions that are added to those of the former first lady’s complaint.
Who is Federico Saavedra?
Saavedra is originally from La Plata and He graduated in 1994 from the National University of that city. Years later, since the beginning of 2001, he began to work in the Otamendi Sanatorium, where he was head of Medical Clinic.
Former President Fernández has been seeing him for more than a decade and he became the politician’s trusted doctor. In June 2019, the doctor treated Fernández for inflammation of the pleura which forced him to pause his presidential campaign to undergo checkups.
Previously, the doctor had also had contact with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. It was in November 2014, when He was part of the team that welcomed the then president, who had been admitted to the Otamendi Sanatorium due to an infectious fever.
The name of Saavedra gained media attention in mid-2020 when he recommended that Fernández take precautions against the spread of the coronavirus in it Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA). Through a written statement, the doctor advised the then president not to leave the Olive Farm and restrict as much as possible the interpersonal contact.
Finally in 2021, Saavedra formally arrived at the Pink House to direct the Presidential Medical Unit (UMP). Now the health specialist will have to testify before the Justice for the events that occurred during Fernández’s presidency.
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