Three people are suspected of vaccination against COVID-19 at the Žalgiris Clinic due to possible violations

According to her, the investigation revealed that at least 24 people vaccinated against the coronavirus at the Žalgiris clinic in early January, who were suspected of not corresponding to the old priority group of people to be vaccinated, were not health workers and not They had a contractual relationship with the Žalgiris clinic.

According to the investigation, the suspects, by abusing their official position, possibly in order to avoid responsibilities and cover up their illicit conduct, falsified documents and data that would justify the fact that the vaccinated people belong to priority groups or the fact of covering up to people, “the STT report said.

According to the STT, vaccinating a group of people who were not a priority group of those vaccinated at that time could cause significant moral damage to the State, violating the principles of legality, justice, transparency and the interests of others. COVID-19 treatment, highly specialized emergency and emergency medical personnel had to be vaccinated.

At the beginning of January, BNS announced possible violations at the Žalgiris Clinic of the Vilnius University Hospital, when eight professors from the VU Institute of Dentistry who did not have an employment contract with this clinic were vaccinated, as well as one of the retired founders of the clinic.

The Ministry of Health declared at that time that teachers who did not have employment contracts with the Žalgiris Clinic could not be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a matter of priority.

V. Pečiulienė, director of the Žalgiris Clinic, told BNS that the teachers had been vaccinated because they had to start working with patients and students from February 1; they are temporarily employed in accordance with the usual procedure, as is the VU Institute of Dentistry. the clinical basis of the institution.

The director also confirmed that Laura Linkevičienė, the daughter of MEP Juozas Olekas, her husband Tomas Linkevičius and others were among those vaccinated.

The pre-trial investigation, which began in January, is being conducted by the STT’s Central Investigation Board. The investigation is controlled by prosecutors from the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Division of the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office.