The woman said she could not remember everything that happened, but does recall him whispering in her ears asking if she was “okay,” according to Pulse.

Ana Cristina Pinho, an anesthesiologist speaking on the behalf of the Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology, said the doctor arrested for raping a patient during childbirth in Rio de Janeiro gave the woman a higher dose than prescribed, which placed the patient’s life and the unborn infant at risk, CNN Brasil reports.

“Deeper sedation without airway protection exposes the mother to the risk of bronchoaspiration of stomach contents. Therefore, sedation in obstetrics, when used, is synonymous with minimal application,” she said, according to CNN Brasil.

“All the sedative administered to the mother passes to the baby through the placenta, so there is a risk of the baby being born, as we call it, ‘depressed,’ with damage to the respiratory part,” she added.

Pinho also confirmed that patients in the delicate position of giving birth can remain awake.

“Technical guidance is always minimal sedation, much more for anxiety control than sedation itself,” she said.

Pinho also reinforced that Bezerra is no longer a standing member of the SBA.

“Today he [Giovanni Quintella Bezerra] is no longer an anesthesiologist. Since a meeting held last night, it was decided to suspend indefinitely. So he’s a former anesthesiologist,” she said.

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