MYFOXDC – A
Finnish court was Tuesday due to hear a sexual molestation case against
a doctor who says he sucked a patient’s nipple to diagnose a medical
problem in accordance with an old midwives’ trick. Lower courts earlier
ruled that the doctor had not committed a crime, but the prosecution
and the patient appealed against the judgment to the Finnish Supreme
Court. The 20-year-old woman went to the doctor in 2007 for an
ultrasound breast exam and told the doctor some fluid had seeped from
the nipple. After obtaining her permission, he used his mouth to suck
her nipple in order to taste the fluid, the doctor testified in court
earlier. While several medical organizations in Finland have questioned
the method, the district and appeals courts ruled that given the
patient’s consent, there was not enough evidence to prove that this
particular unorthodox procedure was inappropriate.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
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