Gynecologist Secret photos of patients

Gynecologist is said to have made secret recordings of patients for years

09/05/2013

A gynecologist from Schifferstadt in Rhineland-Palatinate is said to have taken intimate pictures of his patients for years using hidden cameras. Now the 58-year-old has since today Thursday before the district court Frankenthal for sexual abuse and the violation of the „highly personal habitat through images“ responsible for more than 1,400 cases.

2000 patients photographed or filmed?
A nightmare for every patient: over three years the gynecologist dr. Joachim K. (58) made intimate shots of his patients. According to the allegation, the doctor from Schifferstadt in Rhineland-Palatinate is said to have photographed or filmed nearly 2000 patients in the changing room and in the examination room. Now, the doctor has since Thursday today for a part of the cases in front of the district court Frankenthal the charges of the prosecutor Frankenthal, „in the period from May 2008 to August 2011 in Schifferstadt in more than 1,400 cases have violated the highly personal habitat by taking pictures“. In addition, the man according to the „dpa“ in ten more cases „sexual abuse taking advantage of a counseling relationship“ on the grounds that they had examined the vaginal area of ​​the affected women superficially for the purpose of sexual arousal.

Even the own daughter among those affected
The heinous treatment of the doctor was revealed in 2011, after two medical assistants discovered a digital camera with the images of the patients and then alarmed the police. Even then the accused had loud „Mirror online“ admitted to the investigators to have taken 50 pictures of five to ten patients almost every day. They were among those affected „including his adult daughter, who did not name the father, girls between the ages of 13 and 14, elderly women, pregnant women, even one who had come to work on the same day as a miscarriage, and many who had been practicing for 20 years sought out“, so mirror online further.

Defendant asks for apologize for the trial
According to the dpa, the defendant at the trial in front of the district court Frankenthal apologized to the women concerned: „I am ashamed“, said the 58-year-old and explained the motive of his actions with one „dark side“ in him. He has the videos but loud „Mirror online“ According to their own information „medical necessity“, they would not have sexually excited him. However, a search had already brought a different truth to light, as in the house of the accused, according to Spiegel Online „Literature about fetishes as well as a bag filled with worn women's underwear“ which he had stolen from patients during his time as an attending physician in a hospital in Speyer.

Up to five years imprisonment and professional ban
Now threaten the doctor in a conviction up to five years imprisonment, in addition, the approval had been withdrawn during the investigation. In addition, the prosecutor's office applied for a professional ban.

Image: Michael Grabscheit