Amélia Martins, from Tomar, is one of those injured by the sudden closure of Lusosmile dental clinics. Like other clients, she paid in full for dental treatments that she never had.
Journalist Sandra Felgueiras published an article in the magazine Sábado about this scandal that is also happening in Tomar, because one of the clinics had facilities in Corredoura.
The magazine, citing the victims, says that the clinics required users to take out loans. “The contracts, made in record time, were drawn up at the clinic itself, which decided with which banks these same loans were made”, reads the report. “They told us that they only worked with credit, they prepared everything and we just had to sign. They received the money and I paid 120 euros to the bank for 60 months”, says Manuel Martins, Amélia's husband.
The injured person was approached on a street in the city of Tomar for a free evaluation consultation. This was followed by a budget of more than 6,000 euros to treat the teeth and the imposition of a credit as a condition for starting treatments, reports the reporter.
“We made him take credit to Cetelem right there at the clinic. I even asked if I could pay for the consultations, I could do it with difficulty, thus avoiding taking out a loan, but I was told right away that it was not possible. After all, neither money nor treatment”, laments Manuel Martins in the report that was also broadcast yesterday on CMTV.
This is just one of many cases of desperate and indebted families with the unexpected closure of LusoSmile dental clinics in Caldas da Rainha, Felgueiras, Tomar, Vila Real and Almada. The injured are joining and there is already a lawyer hired to represent them in court.
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