The police in Trøndelag have opened 57 cases against the municipal superintendent accused of abuse. They have now carried out the first of several interviews with the doctor. He is accused of abusing his position to obtain sexual intercourse. The doctor denies criminal responsibility. Asked to wait Now the Norwegian Health Inspectorate states that they have been told by the police to wait to proceed with the inspection case. For the sake of the investigation. The police do not want the doctor to know all the details of the patient complaints against him at this time. – For the sake of the investigation, the police have asked us to wait to send advance notice of a final reaction to the doctor, says Anne Myhr of the State’s Health Inspectorate to news. Handled complaints from 20 women The Norwegian Health Authority opened an inspection case against the doctor on 24 April. They have received a total of 20 patient complaints against the doctor about offensive and unpleasant behaviour. news has previously discussed the content of several of these. Women have told of unnecessary nudity, inappropriate touching and violent treatment. On 18 July, the doctor’s authorization was temporarily revoked for six months. The doctor has appealed the suspension. The Norwegian Health Authority is now considering whether to revoke the authorization from the doctor. Points to the investigation – The police have asked the Norwegian Health Authority not to share all information and documentation in the various cases with the doctor, for the sake of the investigation. Investigative leader Ellen Mari Burheim explains this to news. She claims that it will damage the investigation if all the details that the police are sitting on in the various accusations are made known to the doctor now through the Norwegian Health Inspectorate. – The police are still withholding this information from the accused doctor. It is not certain that they will have to wait until the investigation is completely finished, but at a later time, explains Burheim. – It becomes a bit awkward when the police clauses documents that the doctor is not allowed to see, if the same documents become available to him through the Norwegian Health Authority’s case management, says the head of the investigation. The police will do more questioning of the doctor. Several witnesses are to be questioned, and journals and other documentation are to be reviewed. All this will take time, say the police. – What kind of information are we talking about, which you are withholding? – There may be names of people – and their explanations – who have been in contact with both the Norwegian Health Authority and the police. Lawyer: Surprised by the police The statements from the police and the National Health Inspectorate have been submitted to lawyer Karl Bjørnar Olsen, who is assisting the doctor in the inspection case. All this has been completely unknown to them, Olsen points out. He is “surprised” and “surprised” by the understanding of the role of the police. The lawyer is critical of how they intervene in the case between the doctor and the Norwegian Health Authority. – On this side, we are surprised that the police themselves take the initiative in the administrative case, and do not understand the background for it, Olsen tells news. You can hear the whole story about the municipal superintendent accused of abuse in this episode of the podcast Updated:
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