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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-04-18
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[01] Hospital mismanagement case to courts after six-year delay
[01] Hospital mismanagement case to courts after six-year delay
AMNA / A case involving the wasteful use of orthopedic supplies that
set back Edessa's Hospital, in northern Greece, by an estimated 1.8
million euro was finally referred to a public prosecutor on Wednesday,
after a delay of roughly six years. The Health and Welfare Services'
Inspectors' Corps report on the case was sent to the Edessa public
prosecutor and internal disciplinary action taken against the hospital
staff involved, while civil suits are to be filed against both the staff
and the companies in order to return the lost funds to the hospital.
The inspectors' investigation was carried out after the Social Insurance
Foundation (IKA) refused to cover the cost of the supplies. It showed that
the procurement was done at the legal price but the hospital suffered
financial damage as a result of over-use of the supplies bought in ways
that did not enhance patient health. www.amna.gr
In spite of the findings, there was a delay in referring the case to
justice because the term of the investigative team's leader ended in
the midst of the investigation. AMNA
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