Breast specialist and medical surgeon Raffaele Tortoriello, previously accused of having diverted some oncology patients from the Tumori Institute, was fully acquitted, "because the fact does not exist". Pascale of Naples, a public hospital, towards a private Neapolitan clinic. The decision was taken in recent days by the VII criminal section of the Court of Naples.
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In addition to Tortoriello, who had previously been placed under house arrest, another doctor involved, Dr. Rocco Cerra, accused of complicity in forgery, was also acquitted.
“I am happy and grateful to the judging panel,” said Tortoriello through a note, thanking the lawyers who assisted him, Antonio Masullo first and Silvio Piantadina later. "My complete innocence of the charges has been recognized, finally re-establishing the truth that I have always maintained since the beginning. But I wonder who will give me back these years?"
The surgeon: “CWho will give me back these years?”
Tortoriello concluded by expressing a mixture of relief and bitterness: "Now is the time for happiness, but there will also come a time to reflect on everything that has been thrown at me. I just want to continue doing my job, as I have always done, serving the patients who have never abandoned me in these years."
Article published on 19 December 2024 - 09:24
And it's a very complicated case that of Tortoriello, it seems to me that justice sometimes makes confusion. It's right that he was acquitted, but there are many questions left unanswered and the truth is not always clear.