Dr. Fabio Ortega, shown in March 2023 during a civil proceeding at the Daley Center, pleaded guilty in 2021 to sexually abusing two former patients. Three more women are suing former OB-GYN Dr. Fabio Ortega and the health systems where he worked, alleging the doctor sexually assaulted them as patients.
So far, 23 of the lawsuits involving Ortega, Endeavor and/or Swedish have settled. Ortega pleaded guilty in October 2021 to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of two former patients, was sentenced to three years in prison and has a lifetime requirement to remain on the state’s sex offender registry.earlier this year described how Endeavor — one of the largest hospital systems in the Chicago area — allowed Ortega to continue seeing patients for years despite complaints.
In another one of the new lawsuits, a woman identified as Jane Doe 71 alleges that Ortega made inappropriate comments and performed unnecessary vaginal exams during prenatal appointments in 2017. In her lawsuit, she contends that Endeavor was negligent and knew or should have known that Ortega was a danger to patients.
Jane Doe 72 and Jane Doe 71 said in their lawsuits that Endeavor never informed them that Ortega was under criminal investigation by the Skokie police because another patient alleged he had sexually assaulted her in early 2017.
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