Carris filed a criminal complaint against the doctor who charged a thousand euros to obtain disability pensions, reported in the SIC Investigation shown yesterday. Dozens of the company’s workers would have resorted to this scheme in recent months. Meanwhile, the doctor canceled her appointments and has not yet returned to her office in Santo Estêvão.
These days, anyone who had an appointment scheduled was surprised by a phone call from the receptionist informing them of the change in plans.
“The doctor had some people scheduled for today and I had to call to let them know. I’m the one who’s delivering the envelopes for people to deliver to Social Security for retirement,” he explained.
Many users with ongoing processes were called to the office to collect documents, a few hours before the issuance of the
“Maybe it was someone who reported it, I don’t know,” said the receptionist.
The case gained dimension, and, only in Carris, after using the services of this doctor.
At SIC, the company explained that it became suspicious due to the high number of workers with certificates issued in Benaventea place that did not correspond to the residence of the majority, and because all documents were signed by the same doctor.
A user reported to SIC that it was not the doctor who told him about values, but rather an acquaintance.
“He worked at Carris and was retired due to disability. He was also exhausted, but he managed to get a pension of almost two thousand euros a month,” he said.
When asked about health problems, he replied: “He invented a lot of problems (…) he managed to present reports and immediately went on disability retirement.”
Carris filed a complaint with the Public Ministry in August. The institution did not clarify to SIC what steps have been taken since then.
The company each new case has been added to the process disability retirement that you identify.
A doctor guarantees that she was never called by the authorities.
“It’s a surprise for me, because I consider it to be civic and public work. I feel good about helping people,” he said.
For five months, SIC Investigation monitored the operation of the scheme. THE doctor was also recorded suggesting users change their addressso that they could be called to medical boards in Santarém.
Faced with the possibility of an investigation, she said she was calm: “I think there are no problems.”
A investigation also revealed that the doctor passed exams in the private sector using credentials from a nursing home in Samora Correia, so that they were paid for by the National Health Service.
After issuing the report, the management of the Padre Tobias Foundation terminated the contract with the doctoralleging breach of trust.
