On Tuesday, the Portuguese Medical Council voted to suspend Dr. Artur Carvalho. This comes six months after a baby was born under his care — without eyes, without a nose and with just part of its skull, according to reports.

Baby Rodrigo was born at Sao Bernardo Hospital and parents said they had no idea their son would arrive with such abnormalities.

The baby’s mother told the BBC she had three ultrasounds at a private clinic with Carvalho, who raised no concerns at the time.

She said, when she had a fourth exam at a different clinic while six months’ pregnant, the doctor allegedly brushed off concerns the scan seemed to raise about potential abnormalities.

Joana Simao, the baby’s aunt told local broadcaster TVI 24, per AFP, “He explained that sometimes some parts of the face are not visible … when the baby’s face is glued to the belly of the mother”

Reports say, the parents were supposedly told that their baby would only live for hours, but he is still alive more than two weeks later and remains in the hospital.

Portugal Prosecutor’s Office has received a complaint from the parents and they’re not the first to complain about the doctor. According to Fox News, Health officials told the BBC there are at least six other medical complaints that date back a decade, including one case when a baby born in 2011 had deformed legs, facial disfigurement and severe brain damage.

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