When Chicago-area obstetrician-gynecologist Fabio Ortega pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two patients as they lay on his exam table, a reporter covering the case wondered how his abuse within a prominent health system was allowed to drag on.
“One of the things that struck me was that some of the women alleged (in lawsuits that) he assaulted them after the health system where he worked knew that he was under police investigation,” said Lisa Schencker, who writes about health care for the Chicago Tribune’s business desk.
In a four-part series, Schencker and Tribune investigative reporter Emily Hoerner showed how systemic problems such as gaps in state licensing oversight have enabled medical professionals accused of sexual misconduct to continue interacting with patients as usual, sometimes for years.
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