Doctors who attended the abused baby before activating the protocol declare

BarcelonaThe investigation into the severe mistreatment of a five-week-old baby in Barcelona continues to advance with the questioning of the healthcare professionals who attended the child before anyone raised the alarm about child abuse. The couple under investigation took their son to four different healthcare centers before he was admitted to the ICU at Vall d'Hebron Hospital.

This Thursday, professionals from Vall d'Hebron and CAP Roger de Flor are appearing at the Barcelona court for violence against children. On Friday, workers from the Sant Pau Hospital, where the child was visited twice, are summoned to testify. In fact, it was during a consultation at Sant Pau on March 16th that professionals activated the child abuse protocol and referred the baby to Vall d'Hebron, which is the reference center for child abuse, where he was admitted.

The professionals from this center told the judge that the infant's injuries were not accidental, that some had posed a life risk, and that the anal wounds were the most severe they had ever seen in their careers. In fact, the Public Prosecutor's Office considers them compatible with an attempted homicide of the child, who has been with a foster family since the parents' arrest.

Health has already opened investigations

In the administrative sphere, the Department of Health has opened investigations into the Hospital del Mar, CAP Roger de Flor, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Pau, and Vall d'Hebron, in the latter case because the center had not activated the protocol until March 18, even though the baby was admitted on the 16th. During this journey through health centers, the child's parents gave different reasons for consultation each time they went to a center.

The defense of the baby's mother has also asked the court to question the workers of the Hospital del Mar and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, who also treated the infant before the child abuse protocol was activated. According to legal sources consulted by ARA, the court has yet to respond to this request.

The child's mother has asked to testify again and next Thursday she will offer explanations to the judge again. Both she and the child's father were arrested on March 18 and entered provisional prison for alleged abuse and sexual assault when the child's severe injuries were detected. The woman was released on provisional liberty after an appeal in which she distanced herself from the man's actions. after an appeal in which she distanced herself from the man's actions. He, on the other hand, remains imprisoned although he has appealed unsuccessfully.