Are o vechime de 40 de ani in invatamantul universitar. Mii de doctori i-au fost studenti. Pare un profesor ca oricare altul, insa putina lume stie ca pe Justin Dumitru Diaconu viata l-a facut sa traiasca o experienta inedita, aceea de a fi doctor al prostituatelor din Algeria.
In urma cu 36 de ani, Ministerul Invatamantului l-a trimis pe dr. Justin Dumitru Diaconu in Africa, intr-un oras pitoresc din nord-estul Algeriei. A stat acolo doi ani, impreuna cu sotia sa, Silvia, de profesie inginer geolog. ‘300 de romani am plecat atunci in Algeria. Doar sase dintre noi eram medici.
Eu am fost profesor la Universitatea de Medicina din orasul algerian Constantine si seful Clinicii de Dermato-venerice a Spitalului Universitar din oras. Intra in obligatiile mele de serviciu sa fac si controlul medical al „Centrului de Salubritate”. Asa se numea centrul oficial al prostituatelor. Erau 300 de angajate, cu varste cuprinse intre 18 si 62 de ani. Practic, fetele, cu activitatea lor, ocupau o strada. Niciodata nu am stiut numele strazii respective. Stiu doar ca toata lumea ii zicea „La gratii”, deoarece fiecare casa avea usa cu gratii, prin care potentialul client putea privi in interior, in salonul de primire’, isi aminteste prof. dr. Justin Diaconu.
Miercurea, fetele ieseau pe usa din spate a caselor si veneau la policlinica. Acolo, prof. Diaconu avea cabinet. ‘Se facea saptamanal controlul clinic ce consta doar in examen genital. Doar daca vedeam ceva in neregula trimiteam fetele la examen de secretie vaginala. La trei luni, prostituatele faceau, obligatoriu, serologia sifilisului si de doua ori pe an un control pulmonar, pentru depistarea eventualelor cazuri de TBC. Pe vremea aia, temuta maladie SIDA inca nu era cunoscuta. Din fericire, nu am avut niciodata probleme cu fetele. Respectau cu strictete normele de igiena. In plus, absolut toate foloseau pilule contraceptive’, sustine prof. Diaconu.
Nu ii este jena sa fie numit doctor de curve. ‘A fost o etapa din viata mea, intr-adevar am fost doctor de curve in Algeria. O data pe luna mergeam sa le inspectez camerele. Fetele care lucrau acolo erau europence, negrese, algerience. Absolut toate fusesera repudiate de familie. Intr-o tara musulmana, in care iti poti omori sotia daca o prinzi cu alt barbat si legea nu te pedepseste, este de inteles ca fetele rupsesera orice legatura cu lumea. In orice moment voiau, prostituatele puteau parasi bordelul. Doar ca pentru a trai era nevoie sa se mute in alt oras’, povesteste profesorul.
Experienta l-a facut sa sustina azi legalizarea prostitutiei in Romania.
„Iliescu m-a scapat de exmatriculare”
Justin Diaconu este legat printr-o prietenie speciala de fostul presedinte al Romaniei Ion Iliescu. ‘El m-a salvat prin ?T58- ?T59. Eram student in anul IV la Medicina si membru in UASR (Uniunea Asociatiilor Studentilor din Romania), iar domnul Iliescu era presedintele Uniunii. Tatal meu a fost invalid din al doilea razboi mondial. Se intorsese fara un picior de la Cotul Donului. La mine la facultate, cineva facuse o reclamatie ca tata isi pierduse piciorul intr-un accident la un Revelion si ca nu era veteran de razboi, iar pe mine ma chemasera sa ma exmatriculeze. Nu aveam la mine actele doveditoare ca tata era veteran, dar promisesem ca le aduc, insa in zadar. Atunci l-am cautat pe Ion Iliescu, care m-a ajutat. Dupa asta, am pastrat legatura si am ramas in relatii amicale. In 2001, la o petrecere la Clubul Diplomatilor, eram cu sotia mea si l-am reintalnit pe Ion Iliescu. De-a lungul anilor, a ramas acelasi om. Functia nu l-a schimbat deloc. Suntem doar prieteni. Eu dupa 1989 nu am facut politica. N-am fost si nu sunt membru in nici un partid’, declara prof. Diaconu.
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