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“In accordance with the request sent to us by the prosecution and following their instructions, we dismissed the head of the Šeškin polic polyclinic and we should have dismissed the director of the Vilnius City Clinical Hospital, but he managed to take a vacation,” announced P. Poderskis.
He also added that Daiva Kanopienė, director of the Šeškinė polyclinic, has been removed indefinitely for the time being, and Narimantas Markevičius, director of the Vilnius Clinical Hospital, will be removed on the first day of her return from vacation.
“We will have to make decisions about other people who are already in the institutions themselves, but that will have to be done by the interim managers. It is very important to us now that the processes of treatment and management of COVID-19 in Vilnius do not stop, ”he said.
According to P. Poderskis, the Vilnius medical institutions mentioned above are strategically important in speeding up the vaccination process of the society, therefore the allocation of additional capacities to them is being considered.
“Vilnius City Clinical Hospital is known to be the largest hospital treating COVID-19 in Lithuania and we must ensure its continuity and improvement of work processes. There will also be “capacity” for additional capacity, because the manager also paid a lot of attention to that issue.
As for the Šeškinė polyclinic, the polyclinics are vaccination institutions in Vilnius, and it was planned to use the Šeškinė polyclinic for vaccination at mobile points. It will also be necessary to ensure the continuity of this process, an interim manager will be appointed and we hope to extend everything without problems, ”said P. Poderskis.
STT: Medical device companies could illegally earn € 3 million in public purchases euros
According to the Special Investigation Service (STT), companies that trade in medical devices and equipment were able to illegally obtain public contracts for more than 3 million. euros.
“Based on the available data, the investigation period covers more than one year. The data suggests that medical institutions acted against the interests of the service in organizing public contracts, possibly executing preliminary agreements with interested companies to win private contracts” , Žydrūnas Radišauskas, Prosecutor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Department of the Attorney General’s Office, told reporters on Thursday.
According to the prosecutor, the data collected suggests that the contracting restricted competition and discriminated against other providers.
“The conditions have been harmonized to benefit certain protected companies,” said Z. Radišauskas.
According to Ž. Radišauskas, more than 10 medical institutions are included in the study.
Currently, complaints have been made against 35 people. As he was appointed, including six heads of medical institutions: Vilnius City Clinical Hospital, Šeškinė Polyclinic, Nemenčinė Polyclinic, Kėdainiai Hospital, Plungė Medical Institution and, if I am not mistaken, Radviliškis Medical Institution ”, said the prosecutor.
Darius Balčiūnas, the head of STT’s Central Board of Investigation, said that some 150 searches had been carried out in the past two days.
“During the last two days about 150 searches were carried out, about 270 thousand were found and taken during the searches. cash in various currencies, ”said D. Balčiūnas.
According to him, the pre-trial investigation is initiated for bribery, bribery, influence peddling, abuse, fraudulent accounting, falsification of documents.
At that time Ž. Radišauskas noted that searches were carried out at the residences, workplaces, cars, medical institutions and offices of the suspects.
As the STT reported on Thursday, more than 100 criminal offenses are currently being investigated throughout Lithuania. It is suspected that these potentially criminal offenses may have involved more than 10 Lithuanian medical institutions from more than 10 municipalities, their administrators and other persons responsible for public procurement.
It is reported that currently there have been complaints for various crimes of corruption against 35 people, including 4 heads of private companies and 6 heads of medical institutions.
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