The São Paulo Civil Police opened a police inquiry to investigate two medical students published a video on a social network to mock a patient who had already had three heart and kidney transplants. The young women should be investigated for injury by the 14th Police District in Pinheiros, in the West Zone of São Paulo.
Young man moved by medical students had rare disease in his heart
The opening of the investigation takes place after the video, published in February and deleted on Tuesday (8), viralizing on social networks and reaching the patient’s family mentioned in the publication last Thursday (3). The next day, the victim’s mother attended the police station and made the complaint.
The young victory Chaves da Silva died on February 28 after a year and nine months hospitalized at the Heart Institute (Incor) of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of USP (FMUSP).
“The mother of the victim was heard and the steps continue to proper the clarification of the facts, as well as the responsibility of those involved,” said the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat (SSP).
In the video, students share information about the third transplant In January last year, held at Incor and scorred: “So, I don’t know. This girl is thinking there are seven lives? I don’t know.” The students were identified as Gabrielli Farias de Souza and Thaís Caldeiras Soares Foffano.
The family also states that the publication of the video happened without “no authorization to make public exposure of this clinical case” and also point out that those investigated say that Vitoria did not take the necessary medicines after the transplant.
The second time, she transplained, she did not take the medicines she needed to take, her body kind of rejected and had to transplant again for her mistake, ”said the other student. Watch video below:
In a statement, FMUSP reported that the students involved in the case are graduates from other institutions and were in the hospital because of an extension course of one month. “As soon as the fact was became aware of, the universities of origin of the students were notified in order to take appropriate action,” the statement says.
“FMUSP vehemently repudiates any form of disrespect for patients and reaffirms non -negotiable commitment to ethics, human dignity and values that guide good medical practice,” he said.
The Case of Victory
When he was born, Vitória Chaves da Silva was diagnosed with a serious congenital heart disease called Epstein anomaly, a rare disease that affects the heart valve.
The 26 -year -old has undergone four surgical transplant procedures, three heart and one in kidney. The first of these was in childhood in 2005. The second in 2016 and the third in 2024.
Vitória died due to septic shock and chronic renal failure in February. Death occurred a year after the third heart transplant and two years after a kidney transplant, which was compromised during the girl’s heart treatment.
This content was originally published in police opens investigation into medical students who moved as a patient on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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