Health · Healthcare & Policy · 6 hrs ago
Paraná doctor keeps salary three months after being removed from hospital job
Rodrigo Felipe Amparado remains on salary three months after being removed from his hospital job in Itaúna do Sul, in Brazil’s Paraná state.
He was removed on July 8, about a month after his preventive arrest, and city records show monthly payments continued.
The city says a court order requires the payments until a final decision, in line with the Supreme Court’s position on pay during precautionary removal in a criminal case.
Amparado faces charges including threats, stalking, torture and misuse of public funds; the case is under judicial secrecy, and the charges have not been decided.
Prosecutors say the investigation began after municipal workers reported that he turned a disused operating-room area into a bedroom and threatened staff.
A city administrative inquiry into his conduct is still underway, and no conclusion has been announced.
He also works at a hospital in nearby Nova Londrina, where he is listed as away on medical leave; the information provided does not record allegations of wrongdoing there.
Doctor Rodrigo Felipe Amparado continues to receive pay three months after being removed from his duties at a hospital in Itaúna do Sul, Paraná.
The municipality says it is paying him under a court order and cites a Supreme Court understanding that salaries cannot be withheld before a final decision.
Transparency records show that in September he received R$ 10,717.03 gross and R$ 2,967.40 after deductions.
Amparado was arrested preventively on June 17 and removed from his duties on July 8; he is now under electronic monitoring.
He faces charges including threats, emotional harm to a woman, stalking, torture and embezzlement, and the case is under judicial secrecy.
- Who
- Doctor Rodrigo Felipe Amparado.
- What
- He continues to receive his salary three months after being removed from his hospital duties.
- When
- He was removed on July 8; September pay records list his remuneration.
- Where
- Itaúna do Sul, Paraná, Brazil.
- Why
- The municipality says the payments comply with a court order and that wages cannot be withheld before a final decision.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Amparado was arrested preventively.
His closed-regime detention was replaced by electronic monitoring.
He was removed from his duties.
Transparency records show gross pay of R$ 10,717.03 and net pay of R$ 2,967.40.
- Removal date
- July 8
- Preventive arrest
- June 17
- September gross pay
- R$ 10,717.03
- September pay after deductions
- R$ 2,967.40
- Electronic monitoring began
- July 4
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