The patient spends 5 times more money on an operation because the surgical robot at the Bach Mai hospital is “exploited”



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The source of the VTV reporter said that a medical device, a working machine, only costs more than 7 billion when imported, but through price pricing, this device rose, increasing the price more than 5 times. almost 40 billion.

The case of errors in the prices of medical equipment occurred at the Bach Mai Hospital and in several related units that the Investigative Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security (C03) determined as particularly serious and is currently concentrated. investigating forces, clarification of the violations of the accused, expanding the investigation to clarify the irregularities in the Bach Mai Hospital to strictly handle the law and recover criminal assets.

Previously, as reported, according to the results of the investigation of the C03 Investigative Police Agency, the Ministry of Public Security identified some people in BMS Medical Technology Joint Stock Company (BMS Company) and Joint Stock Company. Hanoi Valuation and Financial Services (VFS Company) has a deceptive trick, the ruling combines the procedures to increase the value of the medical equipment system many times in the joint venture contract. with the Bach Mai Hospital, in order to appropriate a large amount of money from patients.

According to the journalist’s source, in the period 2016 – 2017, BMS brought a series of medical machinery and equipment to the Bach Mai Hospital in the form of a joint venture to implement the policy of medical socialization. However, this company flew a number of equipment much higher than in reality, with the support of many parties, for profit.

In which, the most typical is the robotic equipment system to assist Rosa in cranial surgery, originally from France.

Since the beginning of 2017, Bach Mai Hospital signed a joint venture contract with BMS Company to place the Rosa robot machine in the Department of Neurosurgery and Brain. The parties agreed, Pink robot has a total value of 39 billion dong100% invested by BMS Company in the form of a joint venture in Bach Mai Hospital for a period of 7 years (2017 – 2024). The two parties agreed to divide 50-50 after deducting expenses such as corporate income tax, bank interest, insurance …

However, according to the extraction of information from customs, the Rosa robot machines were imported by the BMS company at a close price. 7.6 billion. Plus costs of training, technology transfer, estimated at approx. 10 billion.

With the blow to the machine the value is doubled 4 times In real value, BMS Company and Bach Mai Hospital have charged the patient many times the amount they have to pay.

In particular, a surgery according to this team costs only about 4 million VND but up to 23 million VND was combined. It is estimated that each month there are about 20 cases of patients using this device, since the installation of the Rosa robot in Bach Mai, hundreds of patients have been robbed with a large amount of money.

Before signing the joint venture contract, Bach Mai Hospital contracted VFS to assess the price of the Rosa robot machine. The fact that a machine costs only 7.6 billion dong but turns out to be almost 40 billion dong also has the help of many related individuals and organizations.

Currently, the police agency investigating the Ministry of Public Security has prosecuted a case of fraudulent appropriation of property that occurred at the Bach Mai Hospital, the BMS Company and related units. At the same time, Decisions are issued to prosecute the accused, the search warrant, the arrest warrant for the arrest of Pham Duc Tuan (born 1979, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director of BMS Company) and Ngo Thi Thu. Huyen (born 1983, deputy director of BMS Company; decision to prosecute defendant, search warrant, ban on residence by Tran Le Hoang (born 1978, Appraiser VFS Company).

The above-mentioned defendants are prosecuted for “fraudulent appropriation of property” as defined in article 174 of the Penal Code of 2015, amended and supplemented in 2017.

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